Word: precious
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...owes the world a life." Second, he must not take something for nothing, but must pay full price for what he does receive. He must repay the love of men with his own best love, and, above all, he must repay the love of woman, which is the most precious thing in all the earth, with no transient endearment, but with his most faithful and abiding devotion. Third, he must be brotherly. College men have privileges which not one man in a thousand has, but this does not make them better than other men. The bread that men of culture...
...Jesus has said, "He that loseth his life shall find it," and in this paradox is the solution of the problem. But the bare knowledge of this is not the way of salvation. By acts and faith alone can we attain the salvation of that which is most precious, the soul...
...write to call your attention to the desirability of having dinner at noon on Sundays at Memorial. Under the present arrangement at Memorial the man who misses breakfast, partakes of the fearfully inadequate Sunday lunch and in the evening takes tea at the house of a friend, puts his precious existence in jeopardy from starvation. On the other hand it may be said that the man who goes out to dinner at noon and returns in the evening to eat another dinner at Memorial scores twice. Now I do not think that the distinction, if any is made...
Year after year we have come to that we might honor the men who while striving to save the Union after year, the number of their comrades grows less; yet the thought awakened by the remembrance of deeds become more precious with succeeding Memorial Day. We can see more clearly the sacrifices the made without complaint, to fee deeply the grand lesson taught by hall. The names which are carved on the walls deserve greater honor than ever be rendered to them; but such our tribute is, we give it gladly and from full hearts...
...there for an imposing structure. But this location, on the other hand, is distinctly outside the charmed circle of College activities. It is "across the street" from everywhere. We want our Union within the fence if possible, and in a position that will be worthy of it. One such precious site is still open, --the ground just south of Sever Hall. The private houses situated there at present need not interfere seriously with the proposed building. The ample space and the rising of the ground, would show off any fine building to splendid advantage. Though in reality not far from...