Word: strife
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...children. He now threw the whole force of his character into public affairs. To Dante, peace seemed the best of all things ordained for man's well being. But peace at this time was far from the city of Florence, and Italy. In the midst of confusion and strife Dante lifted up his voice, as one crying in the wilderness, preaching peace. His treatise De Monarchia is not the dry product of the understanding, but the living, inmost thought of a man, whose one object is the welfare of his fellowmen. He believed that truth must be spoken...
...second speaker for Harvard was W. E. Hutton. He took as an example of the probable results of the measure, the condition of affairs in Denmark, where the mere entrance of the ministry in the House had caused incessant strife. He also quoted as examples England and France, and asserted that every popular government had had like experience. The dangers under such a measure would be great and would end in making the President a puppet...
...these powers can be truly called king of mankind. Money, that is representative of all material good, indeed secures obedience from all men. It is essential, too, as a factor in our every-day life. But, far from spreading a spirit of concord among its subjects, it arouses strife and discord among them...
...Blashfield said that during the period of the Renaissance from 1250 to 1500, Italy was continually a battle-field, yet through all this strife the artists flourished. Hardly ever have chisel and brush been busier; in the midst of war, beauty began to take its shape...
Power is a visible force. It almost always shows itself in violence of some sort and its instruments are consequently strife, war, and death. But history shows that power has come more and more under the sway of justice, right and love. Kings have found that the abuse of power endangers their own lives and that to make themselves secure they must temper power with humanity. Social power feels its duty toward the ignorant and all the forces of education and religion are being brought to bear on the problem of their salvation. Humanity, then, has influenced power...