Word: human
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...abnormal provincialism of their own opinions is as likely to do harm as good in its charity. Such an attitude is a contradiction to the Christ in whom we pretend to believe. And the sectarian religious hatred which may follow from this is the most ugly ghost in human history...
March 5--"The Essential Unity of the Human Race...
These lectures, open to the public, will be held at 8 o'clock in the Lectured Room of the Fogg Museum on the following dates: February 26, "Jesus Christ and World Sympathy"; February 27, "The Larger Meaning of the Incarnation"; March 5, "The Essential Unity of the Human Race"; March 6, "Temperamental Contrasts between East and West"; March 12, "Religious Insight and Experience Outside of Christianity"; March 13, "Christian Missions and the Modern World...
March 5.--The Essential Unity of the Human Race...
Artists often wonder, said Mrs. Fiske, if they are doing any good when they compare their art with practical human work which supplies a pressing need. The justification of the drama must be found in its power to soften the brutal instincts which lie hidden in every man. Acting today is becoming specialized, and the range of actors is growing smaller. The actors of the past generation were better in Shakespearian roles than modern actors: but today plays are perfectly mounted and the actors excel in showing the problems of every day life. In modern plays there is less outward...