Word: urgently
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...attraction,' he says, 'of unconscious holiness is of an urgent and inevitable nature, it persuades the weak, the timid, the wavering, and the inquiring; it draws forth the affection and loyalty of all who are in a measure like-minded; and over the thoughtless or perverse multitude it exercises a sovereign, compulsory sway, bidding them fear and keep silence, on the ground of its own right Divine to rule them. And for that select number who feel themselves, as it were, individually addressed by the invitation of his example: 'By degrees they would discern more and more the traces...
Opposed to these arguments the speakers on the negative side of the question said that the need of immigration, once urgent, had passed. The character of the people is growing worse, the greater part of them now coming from Southern Europe. The increase of population is certainly gratifying to our vanity or national pride but numbers do not constitute strength and our welfare would be much greater if we aimed rather at quality than quantity. Moreover the country is over-crowded with laborers, many of whom would be glad to work but who do not find any demand for their...
...before class day, one at New Haven on Yale's commencement day, and a third, in case of a tie, on neutral grounds, we find Yale's reasons are three in number. The first, that it would bring three games within ten days, seems hardly a very urgent one, since only two years ago, it was no great hardship for Yale to play three games within eight days...
...there is still a large bill for record medals that must be paid. The association, if properly supported, will by the end of the year be free from all back obligations, and will not have to call again for subscriptions. The necessity for generous subscriptions this year is very urgent. The University Track Athletic Cup games with Yale are held this year in a place of Yale's choosing. This means that the association has to send off two teams, both probably to New York, and thereby incur a very unusual expense. After this year the receipts from the Yale...
...work in this quarter must be limited. The results of these years of experiment and research are stored in a wooden building, liable at any time to be destroyed by fire. The need of a fire-proof building to insure the preservation of the valuable collection is very urgent, and as over $7,000 has already been subscribed it is hoped that a suitable structure may be begun early this year...