Word: humanity
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...third Noble lecture was given last night by Bishop Brent in Sanders Theatre on "The Power of the Human Will." The basis of his argument was that promises made to self are the same in essence as promises to another, and the breaking of a resolution as morally culpable as perjury...
...human will is the instrument of the motive and purpose is its outgrowth. Good desires are the raw measures from which purpose is created; the measures of human capacity for desires that are changed into the realization of character are replaced by new desires and so spiritual progress is achieved...
...other hand, the best thing about the human will is its power of triumphing over obstacles and difficulties that are constantly increasing. To the crowd it seems that things must ever remain as they are; it is the part of the leader to see things as they ought to be. The fear of change makes the ordinary man draw back-the fear of being thought eccentric, or of being thrust into obscurity by the crowd. It is the Christian watchword that responsibility rests on the individual. Wills have been given us-let us use them. Fate, heredity, chance,-these...
...WILLIAM BELDEN NOBLE LECTURES. "Leadership. III. The Power of the Human Will." Rt. Rev. Charles H. Brent. Sanders Theatre...
...Reverend Charles H. Brent, D.D., Bishop of the Philippines, will give the third of his six Noble lectures on "Leadership" this evening at 8 o'clock in Sanders Theatre. His subject this evening will be "The Power of the Human Will...