Word: human
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Fine Arts 4 seemed as ancient and as necessary as sun and moon. Professor Palmer, speaking of another teacher beloved by Harvard men, says finally: "Under Professor Shaler the student gained a kindling vision of pretty much all of the natural world; under Professor Norton, of the human." And perhaps Mr. Bryce's words best sum up what we all feel and what these writers in different ways have fittingly expressed: "His clear and luminous intellect, shining with a steady glow, has been a beacon light to many who seek their way amid the tossing waters that surround us. Loving...
...easily imposed on by demagogues. It is all the more necessary then that you should become honest, straightforward leaders. A leader is only a high type of man; though he must go before his followers he must not be detached from them, that is, he must be human. He should be to the masses what a motive is to the individual; he stirs them up to motion; he seeks out the undeveloped capacity of each man. The demagogue, on the other hand, is a leader by his power to excite the passions of men, and to work himself into their...
...lecture this evening will be on "The Metaphysic of Leadership." The dates and titles of the remaining lectures, all of which are to be given in Sanders Theatre at 8 o'clock, will be: December 4, "The Power of the Single Motive"; December 6, "The Power of the Human Will"; December 9, "The Power of the Blameless Life"; December 11, "The Power of Fellowship with the Divine"; December 13, "The Representative Leader...
...fame so deathless? Because in youth he made one high resolve and carried it out. He came to this country in search of liberty of thought, and of speech. By that act he tied his name to the great love that lives in the human heart, the love of freedom. And when he came to die he started the great custom of giving his estate for the advancement of education. A stream of benefactions has followed that first gift of the sick young minister, a stream that is characteristic of the American belief in education. And a host of young...
...WILLIAM BELDEN NOBLE LECTURES. "Leadership. III. The Power of the Human Will." Rt. Rev. Charles H. Brent. Sanders Theatre...