Word: harms
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first obstacle they have to contend with is the revolt of strong minds against a weak religion. Men often find themselves unable, after a few weeks of college life, to believe as they used to; but there is no harm in this. A man should be encouraged to think of Christianity; for it is not worth thinking of, it can be but a poor thing. Again, many think Christianity dull; but this is not true in fact or in theory. Not only is it most interesting in itself, but theoretically its chief end is to cure dullness...
...want this evening, began Dr. Peabody, to speak to you very informally. One sometimes thinks that he should speak on purity. Such sermons, if not entered upon with great earnestness, often do more harm than good. The apostles before coming to Jesus were trying to conform with the law of Moses. Jesus came to them and told them to be pure. They understood from that God was their father and loved them and would be with them forever...
This is one of the great problems of the hour. It may or may not be the most important one, but it is our duty to consider it. The unscientific methods of its agitators are not what do harm half so much as the cold self interest, and laziness of those who keep themselves aloof from the subject...
...ungodliness. There are men who sneer at the evils of their time, who vent their sarcasm on the wrong which they see about them and this may be all well enough in itself, but these men seldom actually do any good themselves and their sneering may do infinite harm. Then again we find a scorn of the unfamiliar, a scorn of educated for uneducated, of business man for scholar, of religious man for non - religious...
...absolute command of honor that where a man is in any position to pose as a representative of Harvard he must behave himself like a Harvard gentleman. This all important principle was thrown aside yesterday in a way that is more than likely to do a great deal of harm to the University. The men who made such a disgraceful spectacle of themselves in Memorial Hall yesterday besides behaving worse than children did one of those things which in itself casts a slur upon the Harvard character and which with all of the necessary exaggerations added is sure...