Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Modern science is far advanced and, indeed, it has been studied by some men for its own sake, and Romanticism, which was once so flourishing, gradually died out. Men came to realize more and more a truth which Butler signalized by saying that things are what they are; things will be what they will be and that it is folly to be deceived into thinking otherwise. But as Romanticism disappeared, a new power was rising and it was ready when the former was gone, to fill its place. This new star was science. Men devoted their lives...
...adoption of the plan would be an excellent thing for the Foot Ball Association. It would inevitably increase the sale of season tickets. Not only would more men buy a single season ticket, but without doubt many men would be glad to buy two or more for the sake of securing that many reserved seats for the Yale game. They would do this the more willingly because they would know that, though they were thus paying a premium for their tickets, the money would go into the treasury of the Foot Ball Association, and not into the pockets of speculators...
...other nations. The result of this movement was the study of everything Mediaeval by Grimm and Uhland with a view to tracing all modern ideals to an orgin in a national folk lore. When the Romantic impulse for these studies died, and the modern idea of science for sciences sake arose Romance and Germanic Philology was already compiled. With such tools the motives of Science and Nationality promise to make continual excursions in the field of Mediaeval study...
...society. But do not misunderstand the meaning of the words "public success." Again it is the University which points out to you the difference between quality and quantity of approval; which tells you to have a calm confidence and buoyant enthusiasm and to do your duty for duty's sake. Remember that some of our noblest spirits are not those whose names are on every tongue, but those who have faithfully gone through life's work and passed into eternal life as "a living stone in that living temple of humanity to help to build up man unto the glorious...
...episode is the great queen's life which is interesting even to the most indifferent student of history. It was Sir Thomas Seymour whom Elizabeth loved, and, as the author of this sketch puts it, "In her love for him she came near wrecking her happiness for his sake, and the sorrowful ordeal dried up all the freshness of her nature...