Word: inner
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...fundamental doctrine of the Bramanical Theosophy, he said, was that of the "Atman," or self. The importance of self was universally recognized throughout India, and its position in a future life was a subject of constant discussion among Brahman teachers. The self was the inner consciousness of a man, - it was the heart without passion or vice. It was not this inner consciousness alone, however, which made the ideal of self, though this perhaps was the most important element. It was the whole being of a man, body, thought, sensations, - a combination of all the elements which made the individual...
Mars has two satellites, the inner of which is remarkable in that it rises in the west, its motion being very rapid. Jupiter has five satellites of which one was discovered last summer by Prof. Barnard of the Lick Observatory. The velocity of light was first determined by observation of the eclipses of the satellites of Jupiter, Uranus has four satellites and Neptune has one which is remarkable as having a retrograde motion...
...building faces East, and highly polished oak doors set off the front porch, in the centre of which "Non Ministrari sed Ministrare" is laid in tessello ted marble. All the inner doors, floors, and window sashes are made of soft yellow pine, which is capable of a very high polish. The walls and ceilings are glazed with a hard, white, glossy finish. The sun parlors are the principal features of the building, being so constructed as to admit the sunlight during the whole...
...eyes upon himself that made his religion subjective and his thought self-conscious. Indeed it has been made a charge against him that he had too little affection for truth in the abstract. His grasp of external fact was always feeble in comparison to his perception of his own inner life. His religion always looked for its ultimate sanction to his own consciousness. This extreme subjectivity manifests itself further in a disposition to doubt the reality of the outward aspects of nature. His childish idealism took form in a belief that 'life might be a dream or I an angel...
...reasons which ought to make a profession of the ministry attractive to young men who believe that men can be best served by the development of their moral and spiritual life, and to whom the devotional service of the church comes as the natural expression of their own inner lives...