Word: truthfully
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...most noteworthy events that, from the scholarly point of view, has ever been seen at Harvard. The undertaking is unprecedented; and the preparation has been made complete. The dress rehearsal last night left no doubt possible as to the success of the play. To witness it is, in all truth. a rare opportunity, not slightly to be esteemed...
...stereoscope teaches us that what produces relief and perspective is that we see round the object, and not only that, but also that we have two images of it, each subtending a different angle and so modifying each other as to produce truth in the resultant impression. And even then, it is only repeated experience from different points of view which enables us to see even familiar objects precisely as they are. The same is true, nay, almost more true, of the eyes of the mind, and the defining of transient images into precise and permanent ideas, real possessions...
...believe that truth in its best sense is to be found in any narrow or confined circle of study, but much rather in expatiation over many fields. And we should never forget that fine saying of Lessing's: "Not the truth which one has arrived at, or thinks he has arrived at, but the honest zeal with which he has endeavored to follow truth makes the worth of a man. For it is not through the possession of truth but through the search after it that his powers expand, and in that alone consists his ever-growing perfection. Possession makes...
...truth which men see at the bottom of a well is apt to be nothing more than a reflected image of themselves...
Such is the situation and it must be faced; but no matter how black the outlook, one great truth is to be recognized. Defeat will not be caused by the indifference of candidates, or the carelessness of captains. To throw blame where it is not deserved, where, in fact, high praise ought to be given-this would make a bad matter worse. The men who are trying for the teams are doing hard and steady work, and no fair-minded man could ask more from the captains than they themselves are eager...