Word: hopelessly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...ancient sculptors had little conception. The art of Greece shows us human nature in untroubled freedom, the art of Michelangelo brings before us the poignant strivings of a later day when the soul obtained peace only through the mastery of evil. Life as he sees it is not hopeless, but sublime. Both his sculpture and his poems bear profound testimony to his belief in the realities of Christianity...
...fight the Indians. When Cavendishe, who is one of the leaders in the expedition, returns to Salem, he decides to forbid public love-making. In an effort to evade this law, Charitie sends a love message to Portentous; but owing to a misconception, the latter believes his suit hopeless and attempts suicide. Just at this time the two exiles arrive by ship and are allowed to remain after examination. As they go in search of lodgings, Mothere Broomstycke and her crew of witches arrive. A soul-harrowing song ensues. The pirate now appears, learns that he is the long lost...
...fear" is in this case rather ambiguous. It is not a degrading terror, but rather an uplifting awe. It should instill in us admiration, not envy or hatred; and our constant effort should be imitation of the Revered Being. In the low forms of religion, the fear is abject, hopeless; and it is only with the help of Christian love that we can avoid this and realize that we are in a measure akin to God, however many feelings we may have...
...Phillips Brooks House was for this purpose. To be a teacher was the supreme ambition of Phillips Brooks's life. When President Eliot first saw him he was coming down the steps of Professor Walker's house, after having been told that his success as a teacher was hopeless. Then he became a minister, and for fourteen years worked assiduously in his profession. Owing to his steadfast stand for the Union, in Philadelphia, he was invited to speak at the Harvard College Commemoration Exercises in 1864, and this was the second time President Eliot saw him. Here Phillips Brooks poured...