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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...natural product? There are arguments which point that way, but we cannot prove that human action is always in accordance with natural laws, and the results of man's action are sometimes so evil that we cannot attribute them to any national power. We can trace a progress of reason in human life, on the whole, but there is moral evil as well as pain and ugliness in the world. Before studying moral evil, we ask what is moral good. We find that all nations have standards of duty which men are expected to live up to, and which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cities and Nations. | 10/28/1891 | See Source »

...House Building itself no additions have been made during the year. The weight of the building was considerably increased by the addition of an extra story in 1890. This has necessitated strengthening the foundations, and work towards that end is now in progress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Annex. | 10/28/1891 | See Source »

...Abbott took for his text the 13th and 16th verses of the 11th chapter of Hebrews. He spoke of the necessity of progress. Pagan countries are stereotyped, they are printed from stereotype plates cast two thousand years ago. The religion of the church, of the priests, of the ministers has not always been forward, but the religion of the Bible is forward. We should not look backward for our ideals but forward. The world is better today than it was yesterday, it will be better tomorrow that it was today if we do our duty. Don't be discouraged...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Appleton Chapel. | 10/26/1891 | See Source »

...third Lake ran out around the left tackle 10 a second he was past the Amherst rushers who were expecting a kick, and the ran the forty-five yards for a touch-down. No goal. Score 160. This ended the scoring for the half. Amherst, however, made better progress into Harvard's territory than at any other time in the whole game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot Ball. | 10/26/1891 | See Source »

...progress of Harvard athletics the wise supervision of this committee is vital. Together with the graduate advisory committees of the various sports, the committee has worked untold benefits for aur othletics. We should be helpless without it. The students realize this; yet they demand justly an opportunity to learn the relations of the committee - to understand satisfactorily its position, in order that they may take that same position and work together with the committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/2/1891 | See Source »

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