Word: seeks
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...live his best without the 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...
...There is little or no reason why nine-tenths of us should be alive; but the man who does good in the world, lifting up care and lightening the burdens of others, his life will not be wasted. There are doubtless many men in the college who thus seek the kingdom of God, but seek it second. For them there is in store a miserable life, a miserable death. In no other way can man fulfil his destiny but by seeking first the kingdom...
...Protection tends to run to extremes.-(a) Perverts taxation from its proper uses, D. A. Wells, Forum, Sept. '92.-(b) Creates dangerous precedents, Ibid.-(c) Now seek permanent protection, F. A. Walker, I. J. of Econ, Apr. '90.-(1) Which is impossible, Nation LV. 252.-(d) Applied indiscriminately, Walker, I. J. Econ. '90.-(e) Creates monopolies...
Within the year, eight new scholarships have been established, and these are of particular value, as they can be assigned to students immediately upon entrance into the school. In its present condition, the school offers peculiar opportunities to those who seek a technical education of high grade at the least possible cost...
...life of the human race, began President Eliot, has a long infancy. One third of life is spent in preparing for the other two thirds. The first thing that a man must seek is good health; this, however, is not left all to one's self for we inherit many disorders. If we start with feeble bodies we can do much to make them strong. Of this we have a good example here, for not only have we seen improvement in athletes but also in the average physique. Let no man despair because he starts out with some physical error...