Word: kinds
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There are two kinds of theology, a stagnant theology, which claims that we know all about God that we ever can know, and which is unwilling to bring modern science to bear; second, a progressive theology which always is striving for the truth and which tries to bring theology to as reasonable and scientific a position as is possible. The first kind was the theology of the middle ages and it is but natural that this should always be at war with natural science. This struggle between science and the stagnant theologist has left an impression which gives to modern...
...telescope is the largest of its kind in the world. Its peculiar feature is the possession of two independent objectives, a "doublet," forming a rectilinear combination, which does away with distortion, and thus makes possible accurate charting of a large portion of the heavens...
This being the aim of the paper, it is evident for what kind of men we have a place. The ideal editor would be a man of good personal address, of quick observation and ready intelligence. He would be able to get facts precisely as they are and put them into readable shape with a no mean literary skill. He would, above all other things, be willing to work and even to work hard if the interests of the paper demanded...
...University of Pennsylvania is shortly to have the finest indoor baseball cage possessed by any of the colleges. No pains have been spared to make it the best of its kind, and all the successful features of the cages here and at Yale and Princeton have been combined in the plans. Both the Yale and Princeton cages have proven partial failures on account of their size, but the Pennsylvania cage will be larger than them...
...schools will be open for boys on three evenings and the kind of assistance needed will be the presence of two gentlemen on each evening and assistance in the schools on Sunday afternoons. We hope to open these schools in a large hall on Cambridge street, on November 1st. Trusting that you may be able to assist me in the work...