Word: morals
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...college. During these years he studied theology and in 1836, he became pastor of the Congregational Church at Milford. During the ten years following he had charge of several Congregational churches. In 1846 he returned to New Haven to take the chair of Clark professor of metaphysics and moral philosophy in the college. It was in 1853 that Yale sent him to Germany to study modern German philosophy. Five years later he received the degree of D. D. from the University of New York...
...moral influence of such institutions Professor Peabody considers to be very great. Many of the inhabitants are houseless beggars, drunkards, and discharged prison convicts, - though there are men of all classes to be found. Certainly there has been a great decrease of tramps in Germany since they were founded. There are various excellent characteristics to these institutions. In the the first place they are small, - Wilhelmsdorf, the largest, having room for but two hundred colonists. The system must be limited and personal to be effective. Then they are friendly and unofficial and endeavor to be domestic. Again, most...
...logic and which skepticism could never take away. Five great facts may be mentioned concerning which this certitude may be felt. The first is one's existence; an "I" using the body as an instrument, superior to it. Another certitude to many is the existence of moral law. They find themselves more positive about laws of righteousness and purity than of those of physics and mechanics. The third certitude is the violation of the moral laws. Men without conceit cannot avoid the sure feeling that they are not what they might have been and should be. The fourth...
Semitic Conference. The moral aspects of Babylonian spirit-worship. Mr. G. A. Reisner. Sever...
Semitic Conference. The moral aspects of Babylonian spirit-worship. Mr. G. A. Reisner. Sever...