Word: minding
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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However binding on the free mind orthodoxy may come to be, it contains the kernel of immutable truth. The resulting evils are caused by the emphasis of the non-essentials, the bare shell of the idea being emphasized to the exclusion of the true meaning...
...preparation of a speech it is sometimes necessary to read it off from the written page, but in general the best method is to have clearly in mind what you are going to say, and then let the words and the gestures take care of themselves. Three helps to effectiveness in public speaking are wide reading and familiarity with the Bible, the judicious introduction of humor, and above all, earnestness. Earnestness is of paramount importance, because no audience will believe a man who does not believe in himself
...other lectures will be given as follows: March 4, "The Gospels as Records of Fact and as the Products of Interpretation". "The Mind of Jesus"; March 11, "The New Testament as a Book of witness to the Powers and Presence of Christ in History...
Professor Nash will take for his main subject "Is the New testament a Trustworthy Book of Witness to the Mind, Work, and Person of Christ?" His lecture tonight will be on "The New Testament as Literature, and the Standards by Which It Should be Judged...
...Ford's "Oxford: an Opinion" is so modest in its claims to authority that it almost forestalls criticism. Yet the author shows that during the single term her spent in the English university, he kept his eyes open and his mind at work. A longer experience and deeper meditation might have led him to change his mind on some things, as, for example, that it is not difficult to get the English point of view, or that "refinement, because it is the most difficult part of education to attain, should therefore come last." Some things, on the other hand...