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...more frequently acted upon than taught the precepts of his calling. He knew no strict creed, beyond the dogma of the useful life. His mind and spirit were the only art which he possessed, yet they were manifest in all he did or said. As a teacher he was more interested in developing keen and unaffected minds than careful theologians. As a minister he sought to instill the precepts of his Christianity in the minds of his people. As a beleiver in religion he cared less for what it was than for what it might...
...great & good friend Joseph Conrad, with whom he worked ten years, collaborated on three books (Romance, The Inheritors, The Nature of a Crime) and parts of many others, Ford says: "You could always tell when he really admired work. It would manifest itself in two ways. You would be reading at one end of the room and he at the other. It would be a new book he was reading?or perhaps a Flaubert, a Turgenev or a Maupassant. He would begin to groan and roll about on the couch where he was extended. After a time he would...
...justice of your cause and your love for the Church, shall remain in the posts confided to you for the care and salvation of the souls of the faithful, as though nothing adverse had happened or any danger menaced you. Demonstrations of violence or force can only serve to manifest the incontestable power of the spirit...
Whereas the accumulative glamour of past meetings cannot be said to drape today's contest in the robe of tradition, there yet exists that keen rivalry and high interest which is always present when teams of manifest training and ability take to the field. Questions of expediency to one side, there is an undeniable zest to intersectional hostilities which can only be accounted for by the novelty of the contrast presented by strange names and different methods meeting and clashing with those more familiar...
...advantage of housing the medical department in a location more central than Wadsworth House is manifest. As the residential center of Harvard gravitates toward the Charles River it is highly desirable that subsidiary services be housed close...