Word: morals
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...agreed by all students that the personality of Jesus has been the most important factor in social life. He died as a criminal, in disgrace, despised by men of his own nation. But the life of Jesus was the greatest moral venture ever undertaken. If we were to measure the life of Jesus from first to last, from the present business and political standpoints, it would seem to be a monumental failure. His own nation rejected his teaching with malignant scorn. He had to go among sinners to get a following. To men of reasonable minds and methods his opposition...
...possible for the interested public to know the methods of assigning scholarships in the Graduate School of Harvard College? Favoritism seems to be shown to graduates of other colleges. Cases have been known in past years of members of the graduating class of good moral standing, and ranking high during four years, who were not successful in obtaining scholarships, when at the same time men of lower rank from other colleges were favored...
...Cable will speak Sunday evening on "The Moral Utility of the Novre" and du Chaillu's lecture on the "Vikings" has been set for Nov. 25. An exhibition of Gibson's work will be shown in the Art School in December...
...character of immigration is deteriorating.- (a) Less moral and intellectual force is required of immigrants now than formerly: Yale Review, I. 131, 132 (Aug. 1892).- (b) Much larger proportion comes from the undesirable nations of southern and Eastern Europe than formerly: Publications Im. Res. League...
...Fine Arts add to an education, of mere book-lore. There is a cultivation, a delicacy of perception, to be obtained by the study of art, which can not be acquired elsewhere. Following the changes of style and technique through the history of ancient art, the student feels the moral conditions which were expressed by those changes in art. Thus he must perceive the bold sincerity which marks the style of a risingschool, and the gradual loss of sincerity which always accompanies the decline. These perceptions of moral causes help strongly in forming noble traits of character...