Word: save
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...begin with muzzling this University. The plea that the government, right or wrong, must be supported is wholly out of place in this juncture. There are, of course, crises when the nation is engaged in a struggle from which it can not retreat, and then the paramount duty to save the country properly silences private doubts. But it does not follow that whenever the government proposes any position on foreign affairs all criticism shall be dumb, and the nation shall follow docilely into any extreme, even into a war which the people may abhor. What is popular government...
...spite of failures Jesus saw that an idea of humble service was dominant in all social evolution. He stood for the kingdom of Heaven, which meant the communion of all human lives and interests. He had to loose the world before he could save it. He could only lodge his idea in the world through individual failure. It was absolutely necessary that he should choose either the cross or the sword, by which to get his idea into the world. Jesus gave himself up to sacrifice, believing that his idea, once in the universe, would become the most powerful factor...
...pass unnoticed. Were it not to guard against possible credence on the part of those as entirely ignorant of Harvard life as the writer in the Illustrated American, it would be unnecessary to say that there is no approach to the truth in any statement we find there, save in that which tells that Harvard stands beyond the River Charles, looking at Bunker Hill and Boston...
...ready a schedule of bicycle runs for the fall. The runs will average in length about ten miles and afford all students an exceptional advantage to become acquainted with the fine drives about Boston and the various places of interest. The runs will be open to Cycling Association members save the first which will be open to the University. They will be held every Tuesday and Friday and will start at 4 p. m. The pace will be moderate and all bicycle riders are urged to be present. The runs so far arranged are as follows...
...Harvard men to the disgraceful act committed last Wednesday night, in the theft of the "Louisburg Cross," from the Library, and to ask them to assist in its recovery. The old cross was one of the most valued possessions of the University and its loss is irreparable, save through the return of the cross itself...