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Word: kingdom (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...seats in Sever 11 were again taken on the occasion of Mr. Copeland's lecture last evening on Stevenson, Mr. Barrie, Mr. Crocket, and "Ian Maclaren." The lecture began with a brief comparison of the contemporary Scottish renaissance, with past triumphs,- much greater past triumphs,- of the northern kingdom over the English public...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MR. COPELAND'S LECTURE. | 12/12/1895 | See Source »

Books, he said, were worth more to a person than wealth or friends, and less than the kingdom of Heaven alone. He deplored the damage done to books by ignorant handlers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROFESSOR WEST'S LECTURE. | 12/7/1895 | See Source »

...spite of failures Jesus saw that an idea of humble service was dominant in all social evolution. He stood for the kingdom of Heaven, which meant the communion of all human lives and interests. He had to loose the world before he could save it. He could only lodge his idea in the world through individual failure. It was absolutely necessary that he should choose either the cross or the sword, by which to get his idea into the world. Jesus gave himself up to sacrifice, believing that his idea, once in the universe, would become the most powerful factor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DR. HERRON'S LECTURE. | 11/20/1895 | See Source »

...There is a kind of isolation in all profound experience, but this isolation is only temporary. All true souls meet at last. John Hall once said: "The way to attain a high place is conspicuous diligence in a low place." Such, too, is the way to the kingdom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Appleton Chapel. | 6/3/1895 | See Source »

...Ceres, Exemplicus and the chorus then come in, all ready for the wedding of Proserpina and Exemplicus. Proserpina tells her mother that she has just captured a prince whereupon Ceres, overjoyed, deserts the cause of Exemplicus and consents that the marriage shall take place at once in Pluto's kingdom of Hades...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hasty Pudding Play. | 4/8/1895 | See Source »

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