Word: true
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...victories on the Mississippi, and pointed out the logical order of the events which finally culminated in his triumph over Lee in the east. There, it was largely through Lee's personal ability that the Union advance was so long checked, but in the course of western events the true balance between the resources and the energy of either side can be observed...
Robert Barr."The Heroine of a Famous Song." The true story of "Annie Laurie." Frank Pope Humphrey...
...Chapel on "Christian Unity." He said in part: The unity which Jesus contemplated and for which he prayed is the unity of the whole Christian world. The primitive Christians were closely united and St. Paul spoke repeatedly of the universality of divine love and righteousness. The church, it is true, has not always been true to this, and in a grim despair has made its doctrines narrow, but some of the early belief can always be traced in them...
...inconsistent. We are apt to stand aloof from religion, in its practical aspects, giving as a reason, that we lack faith. We fail to consider that in religion, as in all else, knowledge can be gained only by study and practice. If a man would have faith and true spiritual growth, let him act conscientiously according to the little faith and slight knowledge he already has. Thus, and thus only, can he develop the highest part of his nature...
...attempt to dissuade Argan from his dependency on the doctors, Toinette appears disguised as a foreign physician, and in this scene the quacks are effectually ridiculed. The attempt is defeated by the efforts of Celine, but the stepmother is at length shown in her true colors, when her husband feign death, and she shows her delight...