Word: purely
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...principle of healing or strengthening the soul. There is no prospect of getting rid of evil in the world: we must overcome the evil with good, that is to say, by the influence of strong men who are not afraid of being tempted because they can resist temptation. Pure, strong men then may have a great influence. They may really cure sick or feeble souls. The moral strength of the college does not depend on the extermination of evil here. That is not to be hoped for. It depends rather on the number of strong men who can face tempation...
...sing of the beautiful things of tragedy and pathos, without trying to teach; while in his prose he is ever intent upon teaching. In his essays his great aim is to reform the Philistine. Another guise in which Matthew Arnold appears to us is as the gentle critic of pure literature; the reader and the commentator of the best things, which he wished to see prevail. In this character he wrote his essay on Keats, which gives such pleasure to lovers of Keats, and his essay on Shelley, which gives less pleasure to the friends of Shelley. Arnold...
...investigate the charges. These gentlemen found that all of the charges of roughness in the Springfield game have centered in the alleged wilful injury of Wrightington by Captain Hinkey. The officials of the game mentioned thereupon submit their testimony. The umpire, Alex. Moffat, stated that the injury was a pure accident which might have happened at any time and that it was impossible to place any responsibility. Linesman George O. Pratt, in his statement, declared that he saw no unnecessary roughness in the game and that Hinkey was no rougher than any of the other players from his point...
...hard training the work of the freshman eleven will end today. The game should be more interesting than previous freshman contests for the reason that the result in all probability will depend on the skill and the knowledge of football tactics shown by the two elevens, rather than on pure physical strength or star individual playing, as has often been the case. The agreement by which 'varsity players are excluded from the team is one of the best reforms of the year. Not only does it do away with danger which has attended the playing of three hard games...
Philosophical Club.The next meeting of the club will be held in 26 Grays on Wednesday, November 21. The subject for discussion will be: "Is the method of pure thought valid, and to what extent...