Word: worldly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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President Lowell continued the discussion of cosmopolitanism. It is now several hundred years since it has ceased to exist. Perhaps what is best for the destiny of the modern world must be worked out by nationalities. No one has done more to bring this about than men like Professor Muensterberg. "The most broadening this in life is travelling, the next best is to have a flower from foreign lands come...
...means that the ideals of the University will change. Its ideals will remain the same and I hope your love will also remain. It is a great thing to work for a University like this because of the knowledge of the increasing power and durability it has throughout the world. Whoever lays a brick in its walls builds to last, and I hope every one of you will build a little in the walls of Harvard. Today the living force of Harvard is in its mass of graduates. It is a delight to see that force increase and that delight...
...given up his active work. So much has been said of President Eliot in the last few months that we are appalled at the task of trying to express our opinion of him in anything like original words. Public officials here and in foreign countries, newspapers all over the world, and private citizens without number have united to do him honor. His incalculable influence in the development of Harvard University in particular and of American education in general is the most noteworthy feature of a career filled with great achievements...
...spite of these theories the Modernists remain in the Roman Catholic Church because in it they find collectivism as opposed to Protestant individualism. What the Modernists desire is world-wide unity of purpose and effort for a common cause. The genius of catholicism is union and co-operation, and this is why it holds even the most extreme Modernists
...Wheelock rose and introduced the last speaker as follows: "Now a toast to one whom we all love and respect, and one whose name has become a household name the world over. President Eliot rose to speak, wearing the decoration which had just been conferred upon him, and corresponding to that which Baron Takahira wore. The President's speech ran in part as follows: "Since I have listened to the speeches I have wondered what fundamental forces there may be which will bring an end to war." Here he branched off to speak of the honor which had been done...