Word: mortal
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Bishop C. H. Brent, D.D., was on "The Power of Fellowship with the Divine." The speaker emphasized the fact that the leader whose influence is to be more than passing must reach out beyond the things seen and come face to face with the verities that lie behind mortal things and with the great personality...
...chorus. The verse is somewhat uneven, but the poem as a whole is well sustained and the handling of the chorus and the difficult stichomythia is unusually good. As a minor point it may be noted that the characterization of Paris as the "husband of Helen of Troy, mortally wounded by the arrow of Philoctetes" and of Oenone as "a demi-goddess--who can heal mortal wounds--and the love of Paris until he saw Helen" ought not to be necessary in a college community, but perhaps the author is right in taking no chances. The other poems call...
...immortality of man then cannot be proved by scientific or other reasoning. The fundamental proposition has always been, "Man is Mortal." Man, to be sure, changes continually during his lifetime, and it is natural to believe that the mental and physical changes continue after death. There may then be an infinite continuity of change in mankind...
Then dying with a mortal stroke...
...order that reveals itself in the world of men. They believe that the fundamental principles of this moral order were first represented in the ten commandments and were revealed in the life of Jesus, the one perfect man--whether they believe this man to have been a divinely inspired mortal or Christ, the son and substance of the Father. These universal principles of morality comprise the law of love and good will towards other men, obedience to divine laws and reverence toward God. These principles if sincerely believed, will influence the study and the whole lives of men. In their...