Word: vastness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...feared by some that the Jews will soon attain too great a power in the world by reason of their vast riches but this was thought by Professor Toy to be a cause for little fear. It is true that there is a certain antagonism to, and prejudice against, the Jews but this is gradually vanishing. Then, too, it must be remembered that the Christians were the ones responsible for the degraded position of the Jews in the Middle Ages, since they were at that time forbidden to own lands and were thus driven to be traders. It has been...
...question of a life vocation is a perplexing one to the vast majority of college men. The field is so large and requirements so varied that it is indeed difficult to make a decision. Advice such as we may expect to receive in this course, coming as it does from men who have been successful in the vocations which they are to describe, ought to be of the greatest value. The lectures ought certainly to be largely attended...
Before the war, as no American college would receive a colored pupil, he went to Oxford and received there an education. He is now rector of St. Luke's church, Washington, D. C. Mr. Cutting, though a layman, has had vast experience in missionary work, and no man who is at all interested in the subject, can fail to be benefited by his advice...