Word: stilling
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Church unity, said Bishop Vincent, is only truly secured when the various sects and denominations through their dissentions and discussions promote the search for truth. The influence of the pulpit is still strong; it is the pulpit that takes the lead in the discussion of the social questions and in the amelioration of life...
...true, great men of the past, he said, are not dead, they are still living among us; for through their disciples and imitators, their souls once more come to life. They are re-incarnated not through their will but through ours. We must strive to follow their example, although we can never hope to reach the degree of perfection they...
During the past week the Columbia 'varsity crew has been rowing the full stroke. Some of the men are rowing in excellent form individually, but the work of the crew as a whole has greatly to be improved. The positions of the men are still uncertain. Probably six of the old crew will retain their seats, and the two vacant places, 7 and 5, will be filled with new men. MacDonald, Hall and McCloud are the best of the green material. At present the average weight of the men is almost as high as that of last year. If they...
...play were worked out, the piece was then brought to a close by the first device which occurred to the mind of the playwright, such as the finding of a letter or of a long lost relative. Little regard was paid to the logical outcome of characters or situations; still less to poetic justice. In this point Fielding really improved his model, according to modern notions...
...many years ago this statement might have been made with perfect justice, but today it is too sweeping an assertion to be perfectly true, though it still holds good with regard to several of the larger universities. At Harvard there is undoubtedly still a faculty supervision of athletics but it is quite distinct from official control. The active government of athletics at this University is in the hands of the Athletic Committee, of which three out of nine members are also members of the Faculty. This committee has for several years had complete charge of the athletic interests here...