Word: ifs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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If there be many who spend their recess in Cambridge, we trust that they will spend their time not as we know they ought, but as we ourselves hope to spend it. The uninterrupted period of training which is thus afforded the athletic teams will undoubtedly be spent in the...
So far our form of government has succeeded so well, because nationalities and sects have yielded to a certain extent in matters of peculiar customs and belief. If the church segregates its children from the rest of the community, if it causes them to regard this government as protestant and...
If the school question enters politics, it will most probably be in the shape of a proposal to divide the fund collected for public instruction so as to support parochial schools. To grant a part of the public money to one denomination would entitle all denominations to a share. And...
It seems most wise, if in this country, Saturday and Sunday do not afford sufficient time for specific religious instruction, and since churches are evidently unwilling to entrust parents with imparting such teaching, that the public school should be made acceptable to all denominations.
This is practically the rule in Germany, and if it could be adopted here, the cloud that now lowers on our political horizon would speedily vanish.