Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...feature that stands out in the beginnings of this college is the deep religious spirit...
...charm of charity - the Christian church. It needs you - your personal interest, your sympathy, your correction, your life; and you need it, for without it and what it represents you will be in danger of sinking into professional Philistinism yourself, into the heavy commercial spirit or the ordinary educated machine that makes money, turns it over, spends some, and leaves the rest, without having felt the uplifting spirit that Christ reveals to us. One can speak of this with greater confidence in the shadow of Harvard, for by her charter and traditions the church stands with open face and clean...
...Truth is the best of thought and life here. Whatever faults Harvard may have, she is sensitive to the spirit of truth. With patient, unflagging devotion and the keenest enthusiasm the student reaches out for the truth...
...That same spirit follows the son of Harvard through life if he be true to his college...
...people,' The college was the creation of the whole community. From the General Court she received her charter and financial aid; through it she was governed. The college never has been nor can be separate and distinct from the people and their dearest interests. Public spirit moves through her as the winds from the surrounding country sweep through her elms. The pulse of the people can be felt and the movements of the nation anticipated...