Word: evils
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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What was true in Paul's case is true in that of every man. There is no life, however evil in outward aspect that has not some thread of purpose running through it, and it is our duty to accept this as Paul accepted the vision, and to crystallize it by earnest work toward some high end. Because there is present in every soul a serious purpose, we can see further that it must be God's purpose and God's will that we are fulfilling by our labor. Many of us, to be sure, are afraid to admit this...
...Peabody spoke of the need today of aggressiveness in our religious life. Many men adopt a negative view of religion, avoiding evil and slipping through their daily existence in a neutral way. This is better than positive sin, no doubt, but it is a poor way of living. The need of good men in the world is greater now than ever before, and surely they ought to be found in such an institution as this where men come to develop and broaden their ideas and their field of usefulness...
...denounce money. There has been a disposition, more or less evident at many points in the history of modern civilization, but never quite so significant as in our own generation, to regard wealth as at best a doubtful blessing; and, especially in its organized accumulations, as an unmixed evil. Now no one can deal candidly with the teaching of Jesus Christ without realizing that He was the revealer of principles for the guidance of human stewardship, not the propounder of microscopic rules for its daily regulation. He has taught us to face money in the strength of a great principle...
...notices at once that there is no suitable place where ladies may be taken for a meal. It is proposed to incorporate a ladies' dining room in the new Harvard Union, but as some time may elapse before the completion of the Union, a present remedy for the existing evil seems in order. Why should not the small room leading off the main dining hall at Memorial be devoted to this purpose? It would be an easy matter to furnish it tastefully, replacing the clumsy tables and chairs by something lighter and more comfortable. Waitresses could be engaged...
There are many remedies to palliate the evil. The Interstate Commerce Act may be enforced so as to prevent discrimination of freight rates. Patent laws could be changed to leave the manufacture of any article free, but provide a royalty for the inventor, thus securing a reward for the right person...