Word: humanity
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...book, "Henry Esmond" was of all his works the best and noblest. Its charm does not lie in its rich and beautiful style, nor in the strength of its plot, nor in the accuracy of its historical description, but rather in the deep and tender sympathy and comprehension of human nature that Thackeray has so marvelously expressed. In "Henry Esmond," in "Pendennis" and "The Newcomes" Thackeray showed that power which has placed him high among English writers--the power of creating in fiction, by his sincerity, by the brilliancy of his humor and the tenderness of his nature, characters that...
...also found by a similar study of aqueous vapor in the X-ray phenomenon that, probably by varying the conditions of the strength of the electrical discharges and the condition of the vapor, X ray photographs can be secured of tendons and muscles of the human body, together with photographs of the skeleton. Interesting results were obtained in regard to the phenomena of wireless telegraphy along this same line of electrical work...
...volume throw much light on Shaftesbury's character and are all in Shaftesburys' best style. It is this portion of the book that is most helpful to the ordinary reader, for it enables him to understand better a great philanthropist, a sound thinker, and a deep student of human and ethical problems...
...provided for the delivery of one lecture each year on "The Immortality of Man," and also for the publication of the lecture after its delivery. Under these provisions four lectures have thus far been delivered and published:--1--"Immortality and the New Theodicy," by Rev. George A Gordon; 2. "Human Immortality. Two Supposed Objections to the Doctrine," by Professor William James; 3. "Dionysos and Immortality," by President Benjamin I. Wheeler; 4. "The Conception of Immortality," by Professor Josiah Royce...
...only partially conscious; and these influences are summed up in a battle cry, a flag, a party name, a sign, which often has more meaning than many words. The sacramental principle, the representation of inward emotion by outward signs, runs through the world and is a necessity of human life; much more is it a necessity when we are trying to represent heavenly things. The Christian Sacraments are federal or social arts, not arts of worship. The word itself implies the oath which binds the soldier to his commander...