Word: vital
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...with life then with destruction. Duty done at its first appearance gives new strength and knowledge for the next opportunity. It may not be done wisely or well but if with all one's strength and skill it will surely bring one nearer to perfection. The Gospels are vital through the activity that moves in them. Christ said "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you," and His words and life teach one energy in doing good that swallows up such negative satisfaction as lies in mere now - commission...
...first article of the number which the Dean of our Theological School, Dr. C. C. Everett, contributes. What Dr. Everett says is timely in consideration of the familiar fact that comparatively few students of Harvard College look forward to entering the ministry, - the calling that deals with the most vital interests of individual and social life. He dwells particularly upon some of the reasons which ought to make a profession of the ministry attractive to young men who believe that men can be best served by the development of their moral and spiritual life, and to whom the devotional service...
...Federal control is expedient. - (a) Publicity prevents fraud, a fair ballot and an honest count are a vital principle of government. - (b) The system is non-sectional and non-partisan; Phila. Am., 8-23; N. Y. Press 8-26; Iowa St. Reg., 6-21. - (c) The U. S. is the only power which can interfere satisfactorily. - (d) The United States should have power over U. S. elections. - (e) A fraud against franchise is a crime against liberty. - (f) Existence of nation demands enforcement of the constitution...
...Church. The Catholic idea was originally an educational one; a scheme for the regeneration of men. At the time when it originated, there were many systems of philosophy, but the hope of a future for religion had to be based on something besides these, something of more vital interest to men. Rome, the great centre at one time, of all the learning, all the art, of the world, became later, by virtue of a remnant of this former genius, the centre of religion. She spread her power in every way till finally, in the seventeenth century, she had drawn into...
...petitions for release from probation of certain of the foot ball men who are at present under faculty restrictions are, it is understood, to be acted upon today. The case of these men is of such vital interest to every man in college that it is only proper that there should be an expression of student opinion in the matter...