Word: self
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Self sacrifice is God-like, it is what knits us to God. It is the general law of the world since the world is God's. According to sinners, sacrifice is ignoble. But self-devotion is the very essence of love and God is love. True self-sacrifice is companionship with...
...rights; but when Jesus said, "I am among you as he that serveth," He made Himself one with them. Christ made it clear that all men must see not how much they can get out of it; but how much they can put into it. By His self-sacrifice He ennobled self-devotion...
...selfish life is not only small; but it is not even human. Earthly love makes sacrifice a joy, and this earthly love is a reflection of the heavenly love. If we open our minds to Christ, we shall be filled with the Heavenly love and the light of self-sacrifice...
...State and not to the local municipalities.- (b) Certain parts of the State must pay higher licenses than others.- (x) New York, Kings, Erie and Munroe Counties pay higher taxes than St. Lawrence, Clinton, Chautauqua and Cattarugus Counties.- (c) Certain countries are deprived of the right of local self-government.- (d) It is not the part of the State to coerce the individual.- (e) This bill does not allow the people to vote on Sunday license.- (x) It closes the saloons on Sunday.- (y) The people of New York City have bitterly opposed this kind of state paternalism...
Plato believed in one immutable being and self-existant ideas. His position is one of complete and extreme realism, wherein he differs from Socrates, whose standpoint was that of a nominalist, and from Aristotle who held views midway between realism and nominalism...