Word: sway
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Fiske spoke of the important part played by the Scotch-Irish in the history of the Alleghany region. About 1730 they began pouring into the Shenandoah Valley, bringing Democracy and Presbyterianism where hitherto the Cavalier ideas and the Established Church had held sway. This conflict resulted in a thing most happy for the colony-the separation of church and state. "Indeed," said the lecturer, "the Shenandoah may be called the cradle of Democracy...
When Jesus said, "Believe in me," he meant that men should believe in God through him, that they should open mind and heart to Him and yield themselves to the sway of His holy will. Here was guidance, strength and inspiration...
...plan of forming an intercollegiate debating union is by all odds the most interesting and important topic which American college students will have to deal with for some time. Athletics have held full sway in college life for a good many years and have been the sole subject for intercollegiate competition; but as the all-important factor in college life they have had their day. They will continue to be important, but they must share importance with contests of intellect and oratory. In the organization of this new movement for the equality of brain and muscle, Harvard adds one more...
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...
Such poetry could not long hold sway. Soon there were men who thought seriously and felt earnestly. Such a man was Saint Francis, who led a merry life in his youth, but feeling a deep sense of the miserableness of common men, he turned to a life of quiet but joyful contemplation and fervid expression...