Word: less
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...drawbacks are no more, and the helps no less in this age than in any other; the grace of God has never been kinder and stronger than it is now. It is a good time to live, to have noblest and purest ideals, to follow Jesus Christ, the leader of this age and all ages. "Now is the accepted time, and behold, now is the day of salvation...
...liquors. A man who doesn't drink in college is like a man who is restricting his expenses somewhat in order to take a life insurance policy. The greatest claim to be urged for abstinence is that the student will enter the struggle of life with one handicap the less...
...first called his attention to the great questions of the working classes of to-day. To the solution of these questions he has subsequently devoted most of his time. At present, Dr. Gladden is living in Columbus, Ohio; so that we shall not appreciate his visit to us the less by knowing the distance from which he has come...
...upheld the negative side of the question. In the course of the debate, several interesting economic facts were brought forward. Thus one of the speakers alluded to the fact that 85 per cent. of the total product of the German Empire is distributed among persons having an income of less that $500 a year. Reliable statistics prove that the receipts of the laboring classes in England have increased 200 per cent. during the last fifty years. The gains of capital have been augmented by only 15 per cent. during the same period. Mr. Edward Atkinson is authority for the statement...
...fair man in his search for truth in all his studies and investigations. The truth should be his light, and the end of his seeking should be the perfect light. He should judge all, both men and things, according to their true value, holding wealth and station in less esteem than character, the purpose of his education from its beginning...