Word: human
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...LECTURE. "Human Gait." (Illustrated by the stereopticon). Dr. Edward H. Bradford. Medical School, Longwood avenue, Boston...
...Country and show that he possessed many of the worst attributes of erring hamanity. Mr. Owen Wister has down neither of these things. He has given us a life-like representation of Washington, setting forth the kindliness of his character and showing that his greatness lay not in lacking human passions, but in controlling them, except on those rare occasions when to have done so would have been more than human. One of the most wholesome things that an American can do is to read a good bit of Washington's correspondence during the Revolutionary War. Then he can appreciate...
Phillips Brooks was a good example of the great leader of men. His motives were as pure as crystal, he typified in the highest degree the power of the human will and the blameless life, and he based all his actions on close fellowship with the Divine...
Fellowship with the Divine is just as normal as with the human: what is more, it is necessary in order for a leader to be really human, and in it there is also an element by which we can rise above the commonplace...
...consider the power of the human will in two phases, its early condition of negative obedience, and its later phase of positive service. In the school of obedience we get the training for out later period of service. But this obedience must not be mere acquiescence, but whole-souled acceptance of the judgment of another. In later life this sort of obedience merges insensibly into the power of command...