Word: ripe
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...attention of America, but he is honored by scholars and thinkers throughout the world. He has set an example to all by the simplicity of his life and by his absolute devotion to duty and the public interest. He lays down the cares of office voluntarily at the ripe age of seventy-five while 'his eye is not dimmed nor his natural force abated.' Indeed his temperament has mellowed with time, and he has grown young with the passing years...
...repeat that the CRIMSON has become indispensable and that, in spite of ups and downs, it has constantly improved. Its prosperity seems to be established. Its proper field of work has been marked out. It recognizes its responsibility as the student mouthpiece of the University. The time seems ripe for making it still better than it has ever been...
...theological ethics, a theory of evolution, and the growth of socialism, during the past century are ripe indications of the possibility of this democratic religion. Of these, ethics has given us a glimpse of the worship of humanity, evolution of the fellowship of humanity, and socialism of the organization of humanity. Through the international workingmen's unions, also, we begin to see, through socialism, the realization of some part of our conception of a universal society. All these great needs must be welded together into one great functionary unit of society, guided by the old motto of the monks, "Laborare...
...expressed in terms of board feet, rate of reproduction, access to a market--terms which a landscape architect has nothing to do with--and the trees which park commissioners and landscape gardeners look upon with the greatest pleasure are considered by the forester as timber that is over-ripe or "forest weeds." To give proper training in this profession Harvard would have to secure no small equipment, and to set out to do this at present would seem to me to be following our pride rather than our good sense. There are still comparatively few men who are going...
Enterprise is a hazard of new fortunes and requires faith, not knowledge. The zest of life largely grows out of the uncertainty which surrounds us. The faculties must be alert to receive opportunities as they come and faith must be exercised when the time is ripe. To be able to do this, it is necessary to have fertility of resource, modesty, and courage...