Word: prospects
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...PROSPECT UNION.- Will all those who took subscription books for the Prospect Union building fund please report to me at their earliest convenience...
...sixth number of the Prospect Union Review, which was published last week, is an average number. It contains abstracts of several of the lectures given before the members in the preceding fortnight, notably the two last lectures given in the course in Economics by John Graham Brooks. The number contains no article of special interest except the report of the courses in science. This is remarkably encouraging. Whereas there were before this year hardly any courses at all in science, there have been given this year course in physics, electricity, zoology, botany, physiology, meteorology, and geology, and they have...
...comprehend. Some people find in a literal interpretation of the Bible much reason to scoff at Christianity. Who, they say, cares to look forward to a future existence spent in a white robe, with a golden crown on his head listening to music? or who is terrified at the prospect of having a spirit bound by iron chains and tortured with material fire? No one, surely, but we do look forward to having a pure and spotless heart, to being crowned by royalty of character, and we do fear the iron chains of habit and the torture of remorse. What...
...heartily glad to hear that the plan for the enlargement of the Prospect Union's equipment promises to meet with success. The growth of the Union has been one of the most marked successes that has ever recompensed efforts to bring education of a more advanced character within the reach and the desires of the working people. The Union has opened a new world of interests to hundreds of people whose lives before were sordid and cramped. Even if the reflex good which comes to teachers were not considered, the labor spent on the Union is assuredly well directed...
...work of the Prospect Union is almost over for this year and it is of considerable interest to look back and see what progress has been made in the last eight months...