Word: self
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...best-known plays to illustrate certain lines of thought with which some writers have lately picked flaws, the author states as his personal conviction that the hostile attitude of society towards Ibsen is only an illustration of that principle which is as old as life - the principle of self preservation, and further that "the cry that Ibsen is treading upon dangerous ground, the old cry of pitch and defilement, of forbidden subject, gives expression to that fear of unpleasant truth, that effeminate shrinking from all that is dark and evil which is characteristic of buoyant optimism...
These are the last words of the Bible, yet they sum up all that goes before. To many young men there comes a feeling of dissatisfaction. From this they pass on through a feeling of disgust to a feeling of self consciousness. Such a young man has reached a crises. His soul is on the border land of a great discovery. The real meaning and secret of his being is that his life is allied to the life of God, and that the life of God is ready to express itself. Nothing could satisfy him except the life...
...traditional notion of personal identity proved erroneous by the recent discoveries concerning the trance state and double consciousness? (Consult Pierre Janet, L'Antomatisme psychologique; James: "The Hidden Self" in Scribner's Magazine...
...right line, a straight line in the direct way from earth to heaven. Make your uttered profession whenever your silence would mean assent or indifference. Show your colors and stand by them but do not parade them out of season. Do nothing for effect; always act your Christian self. Shun religious cliques...
...Democratic policy on State is sues is for the best interests of the people of Massachusetts. - (a) on the liquor question. - (b) On the public schools. (c) Against the poll-tax qualification; Manhood Suffrage by Hon. C. T. Russell. - (d) Principle of local self-government. - (e) Discouragement of trusts' - (f) - Ballot reform supported...