Word: mankind
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...forces the Princetonian to take a reactionary view of this latest development of higher education spurting from the very fount of Knowledge; yet, the Princetonian is inclined to come forth with the anciently discredited dogma that to be philanthropic one must be inspired with a simon-pure love of mankind, undiluted by any expectation of future reward, be it diploma or otherwise...
...generations of mankind are three in a century; of a college they are one in four years. And when men or customs are beyond the college memory of the Senior class, however powerful their influences may be, they are often forgotten. It is almost five years since Dr. Eliot, who had been President Eliot for forty years became President Emeritus, and there is danger, though he is still a familiar figure among us and though the University which he builded is about us, that we will not appreciate the relation between the work and the man. In the year...
...Charles Henry Brent, Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the Philippine Islands, is giving a series of lectures under the auspices of the Episcopal Theological School on the subject "Man for Mankind." These lectures, which are given in the large hall of the recitation building will be continued today, tomorrow, and Thursday at 4.30 o'clock. They are open to the public...
...question of predestination we may fairly say that Christianity is ruled entirely by faith. It requires men having authority in the government of the world, so as to make it possible for man to help and not hinder the plan of God. Men can regulate the future of mankind on this plan. But if we do not believe in fatalism imposed on mankind as a whole, we are, nevertheless, in very serious danger of falling into a belief on another kind,--the fatalism which is called the fatalism of the multitude. We are a little too much inclined to think...
...foreign lands. With it will go the consecration of the affections of the family. The most striking difference between Christian and Eastern religions lies in the conceptions of activity, of doing things for the benefit of others. The work for the welfare of all is a Christian gift to mankind...