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Word: greates (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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Half the troubles of mankind come from an ignorance which consists less in not knowing things, than in wilfully ignoring known things. Certain great political and social plagues exist for which men of thought should be an antidote. What I plead for today is the wider, nobler, unpaid service which an educated man renders to society simply by being thoughtful and by helping others to think. Passion, as well as ignorance, is dangerous. Educated men should oppose war when avoidable but when it becomes inevitable they should be its most vigorous advocates. No man ought to be too much educated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BACCALAUREATE SERMON. | 6/20/1898 | See Source »

Religion ought to play a great part in the purifying, preserving and sweetening of society. The loftiest reach of reason and the strongest inspiration of morality is religious faith. The test of the reality of a religion is its power to cleanse life and make it worth living...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BACCALAUREATE SERMON. | 6/20/1898 | See Source »

...perfectly new Washburn banjo for sale very cheap. This is a great bargain and anyone wishing to secure such an instrument would do well to call at Briggs and Briggs Music Store...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notice. | 6/20/1898 | See Source »

...will be a great assistance to the Committee if the above arrangements are strictly adhered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Calendar. | 6/20/1898 | See Source »

...perfectly new Washburn banjo for sale very cheap. This is a great bargain and anyone wishing to secure such an instrument would do well to call at Briggs and Briggs Music Store...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notice. | 6/18/1898 | See Source »

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