Word: processes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...word evolution. There is a theory that opposes the doctrine of evolution, and that is that God gave to Moses a full and complete revelation of himself; what should be the constitution of a church, told him the history of the past, the remedy for evil, the process of redemption and so on. The Bible is the history of the development of the knowledge of God in the consciousness...
...Stillman, in his papers on Italian Old Masters writes this time on Luca Signorelli. The Century company takes occasion of its twentieth anniversary to blow its own horns and publishes an article describing the process by which each number is evolved...
...result of all this process is a Bible remarkable for its simplicity and conciseness. The final version was made at a fortunate time, when the strength and beauty of the Elizabethan style was prominent, and the English vocabulary was large. The language is perhaps artificial, but that is owing to the many translations made of it, In reading the English Bible as a piece of literature, read it as a collection of stories that form pieces of literature by themselves. Read the song of Deborah (Judges, chap. v.) as an ode,-as a magnificent specimen of English literature. Read...
...their standard to correspond with ours, and the injury done would there by be spread far and wide. In comparison with this far-reaching moral effect, and this injury to the prestige and influence of the university, the question of whether the average Harvard graduate evolved by the arithmetical process from the numerical tables of ages shall be a few months younger or older on commencement day, seems to us unimportant. Even if it be assumed that we ought under any circumstances to sacrifice attainment for the sake of greater numbers, your committee do not see any occasion whatever...
...Rantoul. The secretary of the class was appointed to act as the fifth member of this committee. After some discussion the tellers were given full power to decide who was eligible to vote. The roll was called and each man deposited his ballot as his name was called. This process and the counting of ballots took much time and it was after nine when Mr. Follansbee announced the result. Rantoul received 127 votes and Landon 97. The class then proceeded to the election of a vice-president and a secretary. Mr. Newell and Mr. Follansbee were re-elected unanimously...