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...word became flesh and dwelt among us," John I, 14, was the text yesterday evening of Professor Everett's sermon. He said: What does the world owe to Christ, - and what do we owe to Him? I shall make, only incidentally, reference to the larger theme, and glance at certain of the larger aspects of the lesser theme...
...Paul often says of certain things "I know," or "we k ?," not giving any reason for the knowledge or any proof that it is sound. We all seem to have more or less of this feeling in our own lives. We are convinced of some things which do not owe their firmness for us to 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...
...their chiefs as we like and we govern them without any any system of laws. We have not built upon what they had; we have destroyed it. All those best informed about the Indians say that what they need most is law. Educate them we must; religious instruction we owe them, but first of all, give them laws. Many attempts have been made to remedy their wrongs but they have been unsuccessful. A bill was prepared some time ago by Professor Thayer, Dr. Austin Abbott and Mr. Garrett. They were aided by lawyers and Indian specialists. The bill was presented...
...pretty good condition. Nobody who went on the trip has anything unpleasant to say about it; a more congenial company could hardly have been brought together. Two factions arose toward the end of the journey, but, as will be seen later, it was all in fun. The clubs owe not a little to Mr. Rodney Mac Donough who so ably managed the trip. A man so genial and pleasant, to such a degree interested in the success of the clubs as a whole, and in the welfare of the individual members, will not soon be forgotten...
...that the success of the modern tendencies in Cambridge is, in the main, assured, the University and the country owe a debt of gratitude to the man who started the college on its new career of progress. Dr. Hill had a mind of remarkably strong original power, and came to see early in life that the great need of modern education was some method of imparting to the pupil power and knowledge, as well as learning. When he came to preside over Harvard College he immediately instituted reforms with this end in view. He caused examination papers...