Word: life
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...carried away by the first rush of the great game of life. That is expecting you to be more than human. But I do ask you, after the heat of the game, that you draw breath and watch your fellows for a while. Sooner or later you will see some man to whom the idea of wealth as mere wealth does not appeal, whom the methods of amassing that wealth do not interest, and who will not accept money if you offer it to him at a certain price...
...lower point of view it doesn't pay to be obsessed by the desire of wealth for wealth's sake. If more wealth is necessary for you, for purposes not your own, use your left hand to acquire it, but keep your right for your proper work in life. If you employ both arms in that game you will be in danger of stooping; in danger of losing your soul. But in spite of every thing you may succeed, you may be successful, you may acquire enormous wealth. In which case I warn you that you stand in grave danger...
...primary object of the conference is to present and discuss important questions of religion and social service of interest to college men, and to develop the religious life and interest in philanthropic work of the Eastern colleges and schools through an interchange of ideas and contact with leaders of thought in the field. Delegates are quartered in tents and dormitories and a baseball series, a tennis tournament, a track meet, a big fourth of July celebration, followed by an enormous bonfire, and inspiring religious meetings addressed by leaders of philanthropic and religious thought are some of the creatures...
...more courses will be given in each of the following subjects: Anthropology, Architecture, Astronomy, Botany, Chemistry, Design in Art, Drawing and Painting, Education, English Composition, English Literature, Ethics, Fine Arts, French, Geography, Geology, German, Government, Greek, Greek Life, History, Latin, Mathematics, Metaphysics, Methods of Teaching, Music, Philosophy, Physical Education, Physics, Psychology, Public Speaking and Reading, Shopwork, Spanish, and Surveying...
Professor Zueblin pointed out first that the great trouble of our modern life is its fragmentary character. To secure a wholeness of life is to satisfy the six great human wants mentioned last time: wealth, health, sociability, taste, knowledge, and righteousness. The best way to view how the state synthesizes these is to observe how their opposites flourish within its domain...