Word: moralization
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Dean's philosophy and theological beliefs. Dr. Everett clearly realized that the spiritual life is one of constant self-surrender to the dictates of conscience and knowledge of the truth. He had little faith in sudden conversion, and believed true religion to be the slow, gradual growth in moral character that comes from babitual obedience to the highest ideals. His theology rested on the practical nature of religion; he believed that things are good in the measure that they are helpful, that things are evil in the measure that they harm. Dean Everett's great work was in the strong...
...What can I do?" Is his ambition and ability for political strength, for a power in government, or do the activities and prizes of business seem nearer his grasp? The grandeur and dignity of both may well tempt him, for in both we find, on the whole, dignity, high moral sense, and a prevailing desire for what is best. One way, perhaps, to decide this question would be to have a "fellows conference" here in the University, where men could meet together and have opportunity for a more definite arrangement of their ideas, by getting in closer touch with...
Photographs may be very beautiful, if the objects they represent are beautiful or are beautifully lighted and posed; but photography has none of the functions of creative art. Creative art consists in an interpretation of things in relation to some moral interest; it ought to transform or idealize its subject in many ways, so as to bring out its tendency or meaning. But photography, like memory, only transforms things unintentionally and because it can not help itself. The cause of any change here is a weakness in the machinery of reproduction; it cannot be an imaginative bias, since the reproduction...
...Macy '99 has been awarded the prize of $250 offered by the Century Magazine for the best essay written by a Bachelor of Arts graduated in 1899. The subject of his essay was: "Tolstoi's Moral Theory...
...good insight into the characters which it contains. By far the most original story, however, is "The Bluff of Rogers," by R. W. Ruhl. It is full of a droll humor that lightens what would otherwise be a rather sombre tale, and besides some admirable touches of description, the "moral" of the story is brought out forcibly and without affectation...