Word: inwardness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...proneness to talk and act nonsensically. College men especially are wont to search out the humorous elements in a serious situation, and their enjoyment in raillery is noticeably persistent. Harsh critics condemn this apparent distaste for fundamentals, and disparage the merits of an unregulated disregard of inward responsibility. If this sort of liberty is good for Englishmen, it must contain some value...
...University of Virginia, Yale met a team on last Saturday that was green, light and mediocre. Virginia had an execrable defensive team, while such offense as it showed lacked variety and thrust. "Yale will do well to accept the outcome of the contest with proper humility and reserve her inward gratulations for indulgence at some future date," said Lawrence Perry, sporting editor of the New York Evening Post. In further comment on the game this same critic points...
...fighting between the Austrians and Allies has been carried on in close proximity to this country. Moreover, its future is especially unsettled at this time since Austria, Bulgaria, Italy, and several other countries manage the government. Christians, Manichaeans, Turks, and other religious sects are represented in Albania so that inward dissension frequently occurs. These peculiar conditions add particular interest to Mr. Noli's talk. Those who were unable to attend the lecture last Friday evening should take this opportunity of informing themselves on this subject of interest and importance...
...essential, though it fails to hold backsliders up to the mark. But three-quarters of the men mentioned above and three-quarters of all men on probation are there because of indifference; and they must know that a very considerable proportion of the undergraduates look upon them with an inward irritation, as men who have undertaken tasks and quit them with little grace. If they talked with a few graduates, they might learn the feeling of shame that comes later from failure to help the University or oneself simply because of indifference...
Self has three purposes,--the physical or inward health, the social or goodness, and the universal or love. The true course of self-will is to effect a harmony of these purposes. "Self finds its end," concluded Mr. Tagore, "in the repose of beauty, the action of goodness, and the union of love...