Word: spheres
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...structure of the "Paradiso" follows closely the Ptolemaic system of astronomy. There are seven heavens: the first seven are represented by the "seven planets of Ptolemy"; the eighth heaven by the fixed stars or milky way; the ninth heaven by a crystalline sphere; and the tenth by the Empyrion, which is the furthest from earth. In this structural system, Dante shows that the further we are from God the less capable we are of entering into His Spirit, and that as the Empyrion is the centre of the heavens, yet embracing them all so God is both centre and circumference...
...score of departments; the steady widening of the field from which it draws its students; its renunciation of a strict classical and theological training for a broad cultural education and the elective system; its gradual relaxation of Puritanical discipline; and its constant progress to a wider sphere of influence--how all this happened every Harvard man should know...
...clock. There will be addresses by President Lowell, Professor G. H. Palmer, and Dr. A. P. Fitch. This service is intended primarily for all members of the class of 1916 who are not in the habit of regularly attending chapel. It should bring these men within its sphere and show them what advantages the regular service has to offer...
...cannot be said the students avail themselves of it to any significant extent. Whenever prominent men visit us to speak upon the political or social questions of the day, they generally attract extremely large audiences. Consequently, that we should fail to meet men so prominent in the religious sphere is indeed difficult to understand...
Education Sphere of German Papers...