Word: progress
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...true uplifting and emancipation of our life comes through the recognition of the higher ties and relationships which bind us. I mean that the progress and elevation of the soul is a progress of discovery, not that it is independent and masterless, but that the lower laws and conditions under which it lives are subordinate to higher laws, and that its bondage in a certain sphere becomes transformed into liberty when it is lifted up into a higher sphere where he that seweth and that is sewed are subject unto Him who is sovereign over both...
...college took a fresh start yesterday afternoon; out-door work began. It is always an important occasion when the teams can get out of doors; for indoor work, however faithfully it may be done, is still only the laying of foundations. With out door practice begins the rapid progress of a team in the fine points of their work; more life, more of a feeling of actually accomplishing, something takes hold of the men. The spirit with which the crew rowed yesterday showed the advantage of actual work on the river. After the sifting out of candidates the men have...
While the frequent publication of new songs is very helpful in keeping alive an active interest in music, and for that reason should be earnestly encouraged, it still runs the danger, slight perhaps, of bringing about a condition of overzealous progress, With the constant appearance of new songs, the old ones are apt to be set aside. In the interest over the novelty of the new comers the old songs which were beginning to take a firm hold on the memories of the college are sometimes forgotten. Conservatism in college music may seem a very insignificant matter...
...prevent slavery and to limit the right of property in man. The leading principles of the Republican party are for the rights of men; secondly the principles of the nation; then sound currency; and the protective tariff for revenue; civil service reform; and finally, in a word - progress. An honest man who differs from me and our party on Tariff Reform must judge between two questions and strike a balance governing himself accordingly. If a man votes with the Democratic party, it is possible that he may attain his wish and further the cause of Free Trade...
...Harvard also. This is a distinct gain, made here without disturbing the old method of university life. For it is undoubtedly true, as President Eliot says, "that six weeks of assiduous application to one subject for eight hours a day enables an earnest student to make an extraordinary progress in a new language or a new science." The opportunity for this especially in the courses which require field-work, is very advantageously offered in the summer, and the statistics show that a gradually increasing number of men are coming to realize the fact...