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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...opposition. Like most of the prohibitionists, he had difficulty in keeping his desire for opposition and controversy out of lectures when there was no call for them. He had difficulty in drawing the line in after life between the reformer and the demagogue, and it was owing to this want of distinction that his name was associated with that of Butler and that, in such connection, it suffered severe and unwarranted attacks...
...greatest and best things on the earth, the great cathedrals, which are the highest type of architecture, the Bible, which is the highest form of literature, have all come into being, directly or indirectly, through prayer. Everyone feels the need of looking up to some higher being, and this want is satisfied by means of prayer...
...HOWE, Sec.ANY men who want to try for the ninety-five crew will be at the gymnasium today at 5 p. m., dressed...
...body work and learning to hold the oars. Almost every one is loose and unsteady. Every one of the men has several individual faults but they are hardly far enough along to criticise them yet. The worst thing of all about the men is that many of them want to shirk everything they can. Some of them are very irregular in coming out and cannot be depended on at all. On a run a few days ago five of the men tried to drop out. With such a spirit as this the freshmen cannot hope to have a strong crew...
...thing which is everywhere noticeable in America is the prominence of denominational feeling in religion. A man's acts and his spirituality are the test by which he should be judged; and while we do not want a universal creed, we do want a feeling of the brotherhood of all men. Socialists, whose very motto is the fraternity of man, are the most inlined to be uncharitable to those outside of their own class. It is for this reason that the cause of the nihilist is not to be commended, because he tries to level society by violence instead...