Word: faith
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...object that we only pursue and never overtake. Granted. But isn't the pursuit of a high ambition the noblest thing in life? Are not ideals the salvation of the world? Is not woman the pure being that she is merely and only because of her capacity for faith, even in delusions? To conclude, - for there must be an end to all things, - we would suggest to our readers that to be tied down to one's subject is a proof of a mathematical mind, - according to Goldsmith, the lowest kind of an intellect; and don't we all admire...
Hostler. - "Faith, no! I'm merely scrapin' an acquaintance...
...writings for young men is his intense earnestness, his sincerity. He may well be called the apostle of sincerity. With Carlyle was carried to the grave the patriarch of a new age, - an age of activity, not of morbid self-consciousness; of sincerity, not of ceremony. He renounced the faith which only babbles after what another said, which repeats without reflection; he first taught men to look into the great Book for themselves, and see whether there be any voice in nature to justify faith. The result was that Carlyle's faith was as firm as a rock...
...bestowed on him the honorary degree of a doctor. Not the worshipper of rude force, not the fanatical hater of the negro, did it thus honor, but the matchless painter of the French Revolution, the eloquent preacher of hero-worship, and the devout apostle of a gospel which preaches faith, action, and sincerity...
...just to state fairly the arguments on both sides, and then leave the hearer to judge for himself. It was remarked some time since, that instruction in theology should not exclusively deal with the tenets of a certain sect, but should be broad enough to leave the choice of faith to be made after a just statement of the various principles which are the rallying points of the different sects of Christendom. The same thing is most eminently true of political economy. Most men, on entering College, have given little or no attention to any economic subject. They...