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...faith over the lack of it,--that is the vital seed from which, under the strong, sure treatment of Augustus Thomas, springs a drama of race and religion, of prejudice and sacrifice, of hate that would blight and love that can and will save and atone. This drama, the noblest and most intensely provocative of hard thinking that Boston has seen for many days, is called "As a Man Thinks". Into an apparently hopeless turmoil of sin and mental suffering which comes from the faithlessness of a husband and his suspicion of the faithlessness of his wife, into that very...
...great task of modern philosophy lies in the field of religion. To make a religion sensible, one that appeals to the average man, this is the noblest and at the same time the hardest problem of philosophy. And philosophy to meet this demand must be charged with three attributes: fidelity, reasonableness and devotion. In the first place philosophy must be loyal to the facts of life and of the universe as proved by science, for in this loyalty to reason lies the one source of truth. If fidelity to the facts of life is always maintained, philosophy will gain ipso...
...done one of three things: he has never faced himself squarely, he has never investigated for himself, or he has never been a man at all. "Unfaith" is too often the synonym of "don't want to" and not "can't." Dr. Grenfell showed how many of the noblest things in life must be taken as such on faith, even those things which seem entirely unreasonable. In this connection he cited numerous examples from his Labrador experiences with fishermen,--rough, brutal men, opposed to all that was harmonious in life, whose lives had been completely changed by their faith...
...desire for retirement from responsible duties, we cannot help echoing the disappointment felt by his admirers in both countries. No one could have upheld better than he the honor of Harvard and of the American nation, and no one could have been found more worthy of representing their noblest aspirations and ideals...
...will feel free to make your opinions known for I believe in the undergraduate view of things. The interest of the student body is of the greatest importance to me. And I hope you will feel perfect confidence in me for we must work together in building up the noblest institution in our land...