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...pointed out the new interest in nature which sprang up soon after the middle ages and said that through nature there comes to man a partial revelation of the divine spirit. This revelation, however, is made complete to the human only by passing through a soul. The soul can realize God in revelation only by spiritual interpretation. There is no ready-made knowledge of God; it is gained by revelation in which the soul is the transmitter...
Persecution never injured Christianity but if anything helped its progress. Corruption first sprang up from within coincident with the growth of privilege, creeds, and social distinctions. Christianity was used to bolster up temporal as well as spiritual power in the formation of the papacy, and in so doing lost most of the true interpretation of Christ's teachings. On looking back over history we can see how much more clearly men now understand the following of his teachings than at that time, yet many are still entangled in the meshes of dogma and theology. If religion is going...
...spent devotees of the social life have clambered between their matutinal sheets, the lithe young typical Harvard Senior will have sprang from his Ostermoor, dawned a Clupeco, and having finished the World's Work, will join the farces in front of Unworthy Hall at 8 o'clock. There will be a short cheer observed for the Freshman whose $5 cheque at the Picture was later honored by the Cambridge Truss Company. The long black line of brawlers will advance to U Four where Chidibidibee Osgood and Ceres Steel will lead conclusively the first two and the last three verses...
...pack animals, they left in a snow drift, while they themselves retreated to a little log cabin which had no opening except a hole in the roof, and a few cracks in the door. Here they remained for three days, at the end of which a little wind sprang up and they ventured out. They found the reindeer in the snow almost exhausted, with great patches where the black flies had literally eaten the hair off down to the hide. However, they managed by great exertion, to drive them down to the coast, where they remained for three weeks, recuperating...
...much to preserve peace. Other factors are mutual sympathy among nations and a good understanding of one another, for there is no war so serious that it cannot be amicably settled if both parties so wish it. International arbitration is another strong factor making for peace. Many peace societies sprang up in the United States during the first part of the last century, and were the natural precursors of the Hague Peace Conferences. Many international conferences, meeting for other purposes, have led to strong unions. These are drawing the nations closer together, and forming bonds that are going to bind...