Word: thoughtful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...touched us as noble types of manhood; but there is only one man who really fulfills this need of a hero. He is Jesus Christ. The gentle Buddha, the boasted hero of Asia, had no way of leading his followers except by example. He could arouse no feeling or thought in them; for that they had to rely on themselves. Confucius, the great Chinese agnostic, aroused no religious reverence among his people. The Chinese may lead moral lives, and yet remain atheists; they are mere worshippers of ancestors...
...Harvard Religious Unioin is oranized to unite students of the University in a mutual interchange of religious thought and a common search for religious truth. It does not infringe on the province of the other religious societies. It relizes on the contrary, their essential importance. Yet it believes that there are many students who, though seriously concerned with religious thought and aims, do not feel themselves at home in the Evangelical Societies...
...rest, and Brown or Chamberlain will relieve him. Sheldon is liable to succeed Longacre at guard, and Letton and Thorne will probably resume their old places behind the line. J. A. Hartwell has joined the coachers at the field, and will supervise the coaching for several days. It is thought that secret practice will be announced soon...
...second place it seems to be thought that the time spent by students in arranging for the trips, as well as the physical strain attendant upon the constant travel during the vacation, seriously affects their performance of college duties. This, we cannot believe is borne out by facts. If it were, in some instances, we see no reason, as we have said before, why they should not be treated individually...
Christianity is offensive to some because it possesses obscurities. Those familiar with other branches of life cannot understand it. Education increases this feeling of dislike because modern thought and education are characterized by a love of precision which renders many all the more impatient at the mystery which attends the church. As a result, several practical, but none the less wrong views of religion are taken. Some dismiss religion entirely as of no importance. Its incoherence condemns it in their sight. These are mostly scientists, literary men, and the like. Their scope is small: their view of life is mistaken...