Word: idea
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...idea of having former members of the team address the first meeting of the candidates has proved an excellent one, and we see no reason why it should not become an established practice. Harvard men are not indifferent to the success of the University in athletics or anything else, but the diversity of interests in the intellectual life, undoubtedly has a tendency to work against concentration. The occasional return of old "grads" counteracts this tendency by reminding the undergraduates that they are parts of one body and as such should pull together whenever the honor of the whole...
...should choose an afternoon which offers some centre of interest. At present, the only afternoon of special interest is Thursday, on which the Vesper service is held; and as a result, Appleton Chapel is crowded by those who go there not to worship but to "look around." All true idea of Vespers, as far as they are concerned, is gone. If, however, there could be established a series of short afternoon lectures or readings, conducted by such men as Mr. Copeland and Mr. Hayes, not only would Vespers be freed from the many who attend with no idea of worship...
DEAR SIRS: A request for teachers of English to Italians comes to me from Boston. The following extracts will give an idea of the work. Students willing to teach should communicate with the Secretary of the Society for the Protection of Italians, 211 North Street, Boston...
With the period of Greek influence came the rise of Apocalyptic literature. It brought an element of the idea of eternity but did not work it out in a system of philosophy. The body was considered the seat of personality and hence it was thought that there could be no reward or penalty without the ultimate union of soul and body...
...rabbinical theology demanded bodily resurrection on the ground that the body participates in all action, good or bad. The complete idea of the immortality of the soul was finally worked out by the Jews of the Greek culture...