Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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What Phillips Brooks thought in regard to a religious building is well shown in the following selection from a letter to the Students' Committee, written just before he sailed for Europe last June...
...young, the strong literary spirit of the Greeks had a decided effect on it. Thus their elegant rhetoric soon put an end to the spontaneous prophesying which was common in the first days of the church, and made way for the preaching of modern times. It used to be thought that the Christian church was an entirely new phenomenon; but this is far from true. It is only unique in its idea of Christ. In fact, irreverant though it may seem to admit it, Christianity is indebted to pagan ideas for a number of our religious ceremonies...
...will be necessary, and the Navy is now negotiating for the purchase of land suitable for that purpose. If the land is obtained a boat house will be built at once, and the University and Freshman crews will row there as early in the spring as possible. It is thought that the crews will be enabled to get on the water sooner here than on the harbor, and so considerable time will be gained. After the season is more advanced the lake will be given up to the Freshman crew, and the University crew will row on the harbor...
...thought that Rev. William J. Tucker, D. D. one of the Andover professors may accept the presidency of Dartmouth College which has been offered...
...question of method is now receiving careful consideration, but whatever method be finally agreed upon, we think now, as both the Yale and Harvard representatives thought at the Dual League in 1890, that a change of so radical a nature ought not to go into effect at once, with the result of disqualifying students now at the University and eligible as members of athletic teams under the existing rules...