Word: methods
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...religion as the same hath been practiced in New England, from the first beginning of it, and so continued at this day. Not that I would any ways invalidate Episcopal ordination as it is commonly called and practised in the Church of England; but I do esteem the method of ordination as practised in Scotland, at Geneva and among the dissenters in England and in the churches in this country to be very safe, scriptural, and valid; and that the great Head of the church, by his blessed spirit hath owned, sanctified, and blessed them accordingly and will continue...
...work of no avail, and simply employing many idle laborers. As to the South, the various states are individually taking measures of reform, and will proceed on the right track, unless prevented by the adoption of the Elections Bill, which when once passed, allows of no changes in the method of voting for congressman...
...various conditions of society cause much distress, the alleviation of which is the object of charity. It is the attempt to change the social conditions producing these effects, which gives rise to the labor question. The actions of the charity worker must be controlled by business method, which demands a thorough knowledge of the forces operating to produce the conditions observed. No large institutions of charity could exist, however, on a purely business basis. It is the moral, the charitable motive of those who establish them and carry them on, which makes them a success...
Swarthmore has adopted a new method of choosing Commencement speakers. Two are elected by the graduating class and four by the faculty...
...eight pages of fiction. They would probably have been still more surprised if they had been told what the character of this fiction would be; that there would be four stories, of very different lengths, and on very different subjects, but all alike in that their plot and the method followed in working them out, would be very dramatic in all their essential - that is, that the four authors of these four stories would depend, each in his own way, on the vividness with which he could narrate a combination of incident which seemed to him to have some meaning...