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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...powerful faith which led Christians to die as martyrs, and thus show themselves worthy of the great cause for which they died. Men who live for themselves live small lives, as history has often shown. To be effective and happy a man must have faith in himself, faith in mankind, faith in his government, and faith...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MR. BRYAN'S SPEECH | 3/15/1907 | See Source »

...affairs will be directed in the future, as in the past, began Mr. Gage, by men of native ability, experience, knowledge and integrity. The danger is that the young man will believe that the world is completed and that he has only to find his place in the machine. Mankind is, however, only beginning his career in the pathway of evolution, and to each obstacle that arises the true law of being must be applied by the individual. In the same way our currency system has a fault which requires the application of ideal principles. For a quarter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ex-Sec. Gage's Lecture Yesterday | 3/23/1906 | See Source »

...proved by scientific or other reasoning. The fundamental proposition has always been, "Man is Mortal." Man, to be sure, changes continually during his lifetime, and it is natural to believe that the mental and physical changes continue after death. There may then be an infinite continuity of change in mankind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INGERSOLL LECTURE | 12/13/1905 | See Source »

...learning of other people, but he is a pioneer in knowledge, an investigator capable of research. A scholar is not a recluse, and though he may be more or less withdrawn from the world, it is only to live on a grander scale, and with large hope of serving mankind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pres. Eliot Addressed Graduate Club | 10/20/1905 | See Source »

...never makes money getting the primary aim of his life. He needs an assured livelihood, of course, but that once obtained, he puts aside all thought of accumulating wealth. One of the greatest pleasures of life is giving away. A scholar has knowledge to give away, to furnish to mankind, and that is a great deal better than to give away money...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pres. Eliot Addressed Graduate Club | 10/20/1905 | See Source »

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