Word: lifework
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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John R. Mott penetrated the student classes in Europe, Asia and Africa, and built up Christian movements there. He is the recognized leader of religious work among students in this country. With this glorious lifework as the background for his subject he comes to address us. But his subject aside, Dr. Mott has a personality that stimulates, and an understanding of life that unveils many of its mysteries...
...which are not obtained in later life. If a man is going to be a physician, it is good for him to get a taste of literature in College. Whether right or wrong, this theory has something in it, and the studies which are directly in line with the lifework are not always the most beneficial studies...
When we attempt to survey the lifework of Alexander Agassiz, we are astonished at its amount, variety, and quality. He was largely engaged in commercial undertakings; he carried on detailed researches on the group of the Echinoderms; he added scientific knowledge of the great oceans by his deep-sea researches; he travelled more extensively than any other man of his time in studying coral-reefs; and he assisted Harvard, his alma mater, by his generous donations to her museums and other interests...