Word: purely
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...influence of fixed institutions. Just as Darwin lost his love for poetry and music, so a man finds that his religious self weakens and dies unless it is ever and anon refreshed. Because the Bible is arid in places, they will seek no good things in it, yet for purely literary merit the book is in many ways unsurpassed. Few men have been more found thinkers than Paul, and none have been more pure and beautiful in their conception than John...
...intellectual fertility, which would have made the reputation of another man, is not that for which we hold him dear. His rare personality, his influence for untold good over two generations of men, this is the heritage he has left us. His life revealed the truth that the pure in heart see God. Behind the magnificent intellect, was the pure, gentle, tranquil heart which guided and utilized the intellect. He was one man whom we may call a college saint, and before him college men bowed, as it were, to worship...
...take Harvard into her plans, we venture to say that the two universities could have succeeded in adopting measures for purification, which would have been satisfactory to all. However, Yale did not see fit to do this; Harvard is nevertheless willing by her own example to set a pure standard which others can follow or not as they please. The rules which we publish have been adopted finally by the Athletic Committee and will be applied to all athletes at Harvard after the calendar year of 1893. irrespective of any regulations which other colleges may determine upon. We believe that...
...after all is said, we still recognize the true man. In fact, "virtue" really means more today than ever. Though a low conception of manliness has been allowed to creep in, still we honor the man who is truthful, generous, open hearted, courteous, and pure, the true...
...long been evident that for the sake of pure athletics the class of men who are eligible for the athletic teams which represent the colleges and universities should in some manner be regulated and restricted. The powerful evils of the present system may be said...