Word: strives
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Only two of this season's opponents of the university eleven face serious opposition this afternoon. One of these, Middlebury, will strive to check Yale, unbeaten for two years. William and Mary, due to come to Cambridge on October 31, faces Annapolis...
...young members, songs, a sermonette -perhaps also "personal testimony." And the pledge is repeated: Trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ for strength, I promise Him that I will strive to do whatever He would like to have me do; that I will pray to Him and read the Bible every day; and that, just so far as I know how, throughout my whole life, I will endeavor to lead a Christian life. As an Active Member, I promise to be true to all my duties, to be present at and take some part, aside from singing, in every meeting, unless...
...Young's second assumption is based upon a very restricted faith in the human race. Human morals are not dependent upon codes and creeds to any great extent. There is something much more fundamental in human nature which leads men to strive for the good, the beautiful, and the true. All codes have sprung from this human longing, and are but imperfect formulations of it. It is a great error to exalt a code, which is a result, not a cause of morality...
Citizens Should Strive for Truth...
...judges and jurors entrusted with the duty of remaining impartial and forming a right judgment. But in his part in creating opinion a citizen is both advocate and judge. Not only does he present his views, but he contributes also to the public judgment; and therefore he should strive for the nearest approximation he can make to truth. Moreover, by so doing he becomes a larger force. It was Lincoln rather than Garrison or Phillips that convinced his people of the necessity for emancipation...