Word: minds
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...such an answer as comes in the form of a living presence which inspires and helps us. Since we cannot improve upon the religion of Christ, let us use it. What Heaven is to be hereafter, we cannot imagine, but what it is now is a man of healthy mind and body...
...expenses that would result from abolishing the long railroad journeys to points outside of New England is also a strong argument in favor of the new regulation. If we are doubtful as to the success of the prospective dual league with Yale we have only to bear boating in mind and see how by degrees other colleges have been dropped out, until Harvard and Yale are left alone. If a dual league on the water is so entirely successful why should not the same style of contest be the best in other athletics...
...understand that the attendance of the Pierian Sodality at rehearsals has been rather lax of late. Both of this year's concerts have been successful, but the members must keep in mind the fact that they still have several concerts before them. It is only by careful training and conscientions attendance at the rehearsals that they can fit themselves to represent Harvard creditably...
...eastern railroad was built for the purpose of carrying traffic already waiting to be moved, while the western railroad was built for the purpose of creating traffic. The differences in the purposes of building these two types of railroads must be kept in mind to understand the differences regarding stock sharing and stockholders. It is a falacy to suppose that the United States gave away land at the time of the formation of western railroads without getting any return...
Professor C. C. Everett spoke last evening at Appleton Chapel on the tones of mind which may be called cosmopolitan and provincial. The person who lives in the city is so used to a crowd that he is free from all selfconsciousness of manner, so used to the sight of misery that he is callous to it, so used to vice that he ignores it. This kind of man may make a good historian or a good philosopher because he has a perfectly fair frame of mind. Provincial people on the other hand are unused to the jar and noise...