Word: lies
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...aspirations we are too apt to be thwarted by the obstacles which the over cautious or suspicious thrust before us. The man with a measuring line comes to us and lays down in accurate terms all the mountainous obstacles which lie in our path. The twelve disciples were sent out to convert the world; the same surveyor presented to them a careful estimate of the great indifference of the human race towards religion, the pagan armies of the mighty Roman Empire which must be overcome, but the little band of twelve did what they could from year to year until...
...Peabody and Rev. Charles M. Addison, and intimate friend of Mr. Bolles, lead the procession into the church. After the choir had sung "Abide With Me," Professor Peabody read from the Scriptures. Words more fitting and suggestive on the occasion could scarcely have been selected: "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he restoreth my soul." "Ask of the beasts and of the birds and of the fishes and they shall tell thee." "I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor and the causes which...
...figures do not show a startling increase and their significance does not lie in the fact that they point to a sudden revulsion of feeling in favor of Harvard. They simply indicate the beginning of what will probably be a steady wideninging of the field from which Harvard will draw her students. To discover this just at this time is particularly gratifying for it shows that the skeptics and conservatives all over the country who have looked with grave concern on Harvard's elective system and noncompulsory attendance at chapel are beginning to see that these are steps in advance...
...will be seen that the obstacles in the way of the immediate fulfillment of this agreement to which the overseers have now consented, lie in the first two propositions of Mr. Gilman's letter,- the change of name and the conferring of degrees. These privileges can not be obtained without legislative action, but there is little danger that this will be refused. As soon as the necessary action has been taken, the agreement will go into effect finally...
...good "tone" to them, even when they are old. In buying the highest grade of garments you are not paying for "name," but you are getting the best of everything from the wool to the finished garment. The wool used in the finest English cloths, is allowed to lie over two years, after being dyed, before being used; you can readily see how much more reliable the colors would be than when the wool is transferred from the sheep's back to the ready-made suit inside of six months, as is often done in this country. This principle runs...