Word: gods
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...ideals. We have, then, so far, a drawn battle between the advocates of the supremacy of facts and of ideals. But the greatest of our ideals is that there are ultimate facts, objects, that is, which, were we wise enough, we ought to observe. No man has seen God,--yet neither has he seen a fact. Ultimate facts are beyond our own experience, but not beyond any experience; and to say a fact does not exist, is to admit it inconsistent with what does exist. But though we have never experienced the completion of ultimate facts, because their completeness...
Henry B. Wright, Yale '98, speaking for "The Yale Association," dwelt upon the unity of Harvard and Yale in all their religious aims. President Eliot spoke on "The Function of Religion in College"; he defined religion as primarily love for man and for God; and set forth the unity of ideals and interests, that under all differences of creed and condition, exists among men. W.T. Reid '01, replying to the toast "Athletics," spoke of Christianity as the best impulse in athletics and in life, because it infuses that united spirit and that inspiration which means success. Col. N.P. Hallowell...
...service for the family was held at the house, conducted by Rev. B. R. Bulkeley of Beverly, a cousin of Mrs. Hyatt. The service at Appleton Chapel at 2 o'clock was conducted by the Rev. Mr. Bulkeley and Professor Francis G. Peabody. The College choir sang the hymn: "God of the living in whose eyes, Unveiled thy whole creation lies." Mr. Bulkeley read services from the Scriptures, concluding with some appropriate verses. Professor Peabody then offered prayer, after which the congregation sang the hymn of John Taylor, "Like shadows gliding o'er the plain." The body was taken...
...arguments for imperialism may be summed up in a single sentence. "There's money in it, God's in it, we're in it, and we can't get out." Yet do we wish to purchase money with human blood? Already imperialism has cost thousands of our boys and millions of money. Are we to measure our strength by the number of men we can kill and the number of lands we can sieze; or shall we rise, and in rising draw all men unto...
...want this nation to be a conquering nation in the true sense. I want its light of liberty to shine around the world. I want its flag to be loved; and all people to bow down and turn their faces toward it, and thank God that there is one flag which stands for human rights and the doctrine of self government...