Word: unselfishly
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...story of man's life on the earth, he said, is the record of successful quests for power. The man whose power is attained through the Holy Spirit is a man of an open, sincere, and unselfish heart. But he gains most by the alliance of his spirit with the great spirit of the world. By placing himself in unison with this Holy Spirit, he receives the greatest power. The forces of nature, of incarnate righteousness, are in league with...
Some of the friends of the late Edwin L. Godkin have desired to express their admiration and gratitude for his long and disinterested service to the country of his adoption by some suitable memorial, which should perpetuate his name and stimulate that spirit of independent thought and unselfish devotion to the public good which characterized his life and distinguished his career...
...coming season. R. H. Grimes 3L. spoke of Harvard's influence in leading Cornell, Columbia and Pennsylvania to play lacrosse, and the probability of Yale following their example. R. S. Francis '02 spoke on the relations of lacrosse to other games, and C. R. Stevenson '02 discussed the unselfish team work and spirit necessary to play the game...
...What wonder that religion is sometimes called a weak and effeminate thing, what wonder that it is often robbed of its influence and uplifting power, when men hide it in the solitary musings of their minds, and date not, or care not to die out it must grow through unselfish service and through philanthropic and missionary work...
...life, that in winning a place a place in men's estimation he has lost his place in men's hearts. Again, there is the other type of man, who while striving for his own definite purpose yet turns aside to give his energies to others, who finds his unselfish efforts often misunderstood, often rebuffed, but once in a while sees some great harvest spring from some little act or word, finding in the prodigality of return the reward for his own prodigality of service. This is the type of man that the teaching of Jesus approves...