Word: masses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prophets and exponents of experimental science were taking possession of that great field. Think how the philosophers of the world were preaching attention to the individual preaching the immense variety of human nature. Think how James Russell Lowell was telling us that democracy must not only raise the average mass, but it must give a free field to all the finest qualities of human nature, for that is the only salvation for democracy. Think how Oliver Wendell Holmes enlarged the conception of human sagacity, penetration, and discrimination combined with great power, of expression in both prose and poetry. Think...
Bishop Lawrence, one of the most notable graduates of the University, has had a long and distinguished career. After receiving the Bachelorship of Sacred Theology in 1875, he immediately entered the Episcopal Church and became rector of Grace Church, Lawrence, Mass. In 1884 he gave up this position to become professor of Homiletics and Pastoral Theology at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, where he remained until 1893. In that year he was consecrated bishop of Massachusetts. Ever since then, outside of his official duties, he has devoted his time to historical studies and the writing of numerous books...
...said that the main difference between the United States and England was that in this country a "dummy" was preferred to a "freak". If in this case a "dummy" means one of a not too intelligent, standardized group, and a "freak" means an individual who rises above the mass because of his peculiar talents, the indictment must stand unanswered. The encouragement of individual genius at the expense of quantity production, particularly in the American university, is not one of the nation's virtues. In fact it may fairly he said that here the eccentric is more than ignored...
...case of several other clocks about Harvard Square, the Memorial time-piece was stopped by the storm of the last few days. The trouble, according to Mr. Burke, was probably caused by the heavy mass of snow which piled upon the hands, causing damage to the gearing and other parts of the internal works...
...that before it can be tried it must be approved by a majority of the country. With the Marxian idea of class warfare he has as little sympathy as with the state socialism of the Germans and their imitators. And although he is aware of the condition of the mass of the people and is imbued with a desire to improve their lot, the theme of social injustice is very seldom on his lips...