Word: moral
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Kindom of God, the vision given to Christ of an ideal society. The fundamental evil of society today is the alienation of two parts. Men overlook the supreme good in their zeal for material success. The note of greatness is absent from our progress, and the organizing power of moral impulse is gone. That we are better than people of a century ago we owe to our fathers, who have left us a goodly heritage of sturdy virtues, and this it is our duty to transmit to our descendants with increased worth...
Nowadays it is often said that if an act be legal it is thereby honest, but there is fortunately another spirit among us which is satisfied only with what is moral. The greatest sin of the old school of economic thinkers consisted in separating entirely the economic from the ethical interests; and even now there is a too common feeling that religion is concerned only with churches and Sunday services, and that it has little to do with the practical running of the mill or the factory...
...successful in their callings. They know what every student needs: not an abnormal muscular development, but a well developed body, a sound nervous system and a serviceable digestive apparatus. They believe in athletic sports because they are not all physical. Brains can not be dispensed with, and moral qualities are also developed by sports...
...Corporation like to see the utmost done under difficulties. But one feature of games they do not like to see: that is, cheering. They want men to have the kind of moral support that cheering does not give. Men should be able to play their best if no Harvard man is near...
...present system, the facts considered are the needs of the student and his promise as indicated by his work in College. A student not in need of aid can not honorably apply for a scholarship, nor can a scholarship be awarded to one who from physical, mental or moral weakness, gives little promise of future usefulness...