Word: faces
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...study from living models; for his craft is to present appearances other than his own, and to do things which all men may recognize as not impossible typically. In this study we can not help arriving at some high opinion of the worth and value of identity. The voice, face, manner, bearing, and accent of others are all easy of imitation; but it is when the higher qualities belonging to an individuality have to be reproduced that the imitator's difficulty begins and his weakness is exposed. With the true artist the internal force is the first requisite,- the external...
...Peabody preached last night in Appleton Chapel from the text, "For now we see through a mirror, darkly; but then face to face." This verse, he said, calls our attention at once to the contrast between our present state and the future. Now we cannot understand all things, we cannot know God perfectly. This fact troubles many people and they think that if we cannot know all we can know nothing. But Paul says "now I know in part;" partial knowledge is not to be despised. Our light now is reflected light, but while it comes through a mirror...
When we have finished this life then we shall see Him face to face and know Him as He is. All our difficulties will be made clear and everything we cannot understand will be plain. The riddle of what our life is and towards what end we are working will be solved. The greatest and best thing we can do is to receive the light of God and reflect it again. The greatest mistake a man can make is to cover up this mirror and sit in darkness...
...work of the 'varsity ball nine will be followed this year with great interest. The situation which the captain and coaches must face is a trying one. In the last two years there has been plenty of good material on hand,- players with long experience and established reputation. The chief problem to be solved then was to dispose of these men in the most advantageous way and drill them in working together. At the present time the problem is much more complex. Not only must the material be formed into a well-working nine, but the material itself...
...election of the 'varsity football captain will receive the approbation of all Harvard men, graduate and undergraduate, as the just reward of a player who has worked for the team with all his strength and will in the face of defeat after defeat. Such spirit enlists the admiration, support, and confidence of the University...