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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fully tested, does constant violence to his nature; and if, by smoking or drinking or social excitement, he puts the spars into his physical life, he is just so far shortening his existence in the world by using up vital forces which might otherwise prolong it. It is often more important after forty that a man should arrange for constant and regular physical exercise than it is in the years when his physical powers are in the freshness of their early vigor; and the strain which men put upon themselves in active business or professional life is now so great...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Need of Athletics. | 3/26/1889 | See Source »

...young with the divine thought, unite to rouse reverence in him. If this spirit were permanent there would never be any gratifying of the lusts of the flesh. But as we grow old, we lose our delicate susceptibility to the breathing spirit of God. We quench the spirit often by indifference. A great many lives have no room for God. Their worldly ambitions quench the spirit. Power, reverence and joy all have their origin in this spirit of reverence, and if we desire these qualities we must not quench the spirit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Chapel Service. | 3/25/1889 | See Source »

...evil spirits. There is a class of "medicine men" who devote their lives to propitiating these evil spirits, and who think to increase their power by eating human corpses Slavery in its worst forms is prevalent all over the country. The masters have entire control over their slaves and often kill a dozen or more as a mere display of wealth. The condition of the women is so wretched that babies are often killed rather than allowed to grow up to misery...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alaska, and its Indians. | 3/19/1889 | See Source »

Harvard has often been reproached for her indifference to the affairs of the outside world. This attempt to bring her into closer contact with the real needs and problems of the day, not by arousing an interest, but by giving proper expression to an interest which already exists, will be welcomed by all who care for her reputation and influence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/16/1889 | See Source »

...usual rambling style, constitutes an important contribution to our knowledge of the temple. It is not satisfactorily known what the name Erechtheum' does signify, but the temple was devoted to the worship of Athena. The ancient wooden statue of the godess was preserved there, and the temple was often called that of Athena Polias. The temple may have lost some of its importance when the Parthenon was built. and the great chryselephantine statue of Athena...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Wheeler's Last Lecture. | 3/12/1889 | See Source »

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