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Word: truthfulness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...rivals than at this time of reconciliation. Her attitude toward her own team is something which it is unreasonable for any outsider to question, but that it implies any criticism of her opponents, or disparages in any way the splendid record of the Yale team, is far from the truth. Harvard has not in the past been slow to admire manly qualities in any adversary, and it is a mistake to think that she grudges the tribute...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/3/1897 | See Source »

...scattered through the land can bear testimony, recalling that it was he who first showed them that there were things to be learned which were not set down in any book,- that he initiated them, in fact, into modern methods of individual research and taught them to seek the truth for themselves. He made it clear that there were wide untrodden fields on every side, and tempted his pupils on to exploration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MINUTE ON PROFESSOR LANE. | 11/23/1897 | See Source »

Dean Hodges spoke on the "Fact of Difference." Modern education, he said, was teaching the world to recognize the necessity of the fact of difference, and as a result colleges had provisions for bringing out the best qualities of every man. He considered truth so large that there was bound to be difference in consideration of it; and to his mind the best way of advancing religious co-operation was to bring the truth into the sight and knowledge of as many men as possible. In closing, Dean Hodges urged common allegiance as the essential bond of unity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Religious Union Meeting. | 11/12/1897 | See Source »

...that we reached a climax beyond which it is difficult to go, several years since, and that the other colleges, where debating was slow in gaining a foothold, have been gaining ground faster, but this is difficult to believe. At all events, if there is any truth in this conjecture we want to see it contradicted this year, and the first step in this direction is a trial debate which will satisfy us that we are being represented by the best material in the University, and by those who intend to put us on our old footing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/26/1897 | See Source »

...about to embark on a voyage in strange seas; may God shape your wills to the truth and may your careers be full and bright and contribute to national greatness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BACCALAUREATE SERMON. | 6/21/1897 | See Source »

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