Word: rest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Professor Chaplin, the chairman of the auditing committee, who has hitherto done nearly all the work of the committee, was recently obliged to give up all college duties on account of severe trouble with his eyes. The rest of the committee, after some unavoidable delay, have succeeded in auditing the accounts of all the athletic organizations except the Boat Club. The manager of the Boat Club has been away from Cambridge for some time, and it has been impossible, therefore, to audit his accounts. The committee respectfully submit the following report for the half year ending in February...
...help to others we must be in the way, for God's first command to Ananias was to that effect. Thus the whole of the Christian's life must be lived in this street which is straight, which leads from God to God, from glory to glory and from rest to rest...
...Gunnlaugssaga Ormstungu" which Mr. Babbitt took up is of considerable length and he was only able to translate portions of it, and give an outline of the rest, adding explanations when necessary. The story tells how Helga, the fair, daughter of Thorstein, was beloved by two Norsmen who sought her in marriage. Being unable to settle the matter, they engaged in a duel, from the effect of which both died, whereupon Helga married another of her suitors. All of this had been foretold to her father in a wonderful dream. Mr. Babbitt read directly from the Norse, and his language...
...other branches of science, and we may thus through it, obtain a just idea not only of the relative position occupied by each science, but of its importance to the human race. It has the same refining effect as travel, since it brings one in contact with the rest of the world, and so we can make comparisons and from these comparisons form correct estimates of the bearing of one thing upon another...
Anthropology also enables us to study history and religion more intelligently, but we must remember that if Nature does not answer our questions, she does what is better, by telling us how we may lead a broader life. And we may rest assured that Nature understands our nature better than...