Word: faith
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...conducting recitations now followed at Harvard, and thinks the object should be to point out to us "the beauties of idea and expression." He likens the present system to that Mr. Ruskin prescribes for the cultivation of the artistic taste, and objects to this, both because it upsets our faith in our old ideas of art, and because, if I understand, it is a system...
...immense culture requisite to become master of the Ruskin mode of thought may at first appear a desirable objective point. But reflection cannot fail to show that, where one attains the desired end, a hundred advance on the path only so far as to upset their faith in their old ideas of art. These substitute in its place such a doubt of their power to appreciate works of true genius, and such a fear lest their ignorance of some technical point may lead them into some un-Ruskinian expression of admiration, that the pleasure which they feel in contemplating masterpieces...
...repeat our solicitation for contributions from all our fellow-students, and particularly request those who send articles through the mail to attach their signatures, not for publication, but as a pledge of good faith. Any article not deemed suitable for our paper can, in that case, be immediately returned to its author...
Undistributed middle, i' faith...