Word: outgrowth
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Everett began by taking up the question whether there was anything in the Bible to fit it especially for being the sacred book of nations in an advancing state of civilization. The Hebrew religion began its development at an advanced stage. It was the outgrowth of former polytheistic religions and began its growth with the a lvanced idea of monotheism. The Hebrews' one God grew to be the God who created the land and sea. Later he became the God of the Hebrews alone; he cared for no other people. Thus the Hebrew religion grew up inside a strict wall...
...Free Wool Club has taken a place in college life as an institution formed for the purpose of discussing the political situation. It is an outgrowth of the tariff questions which are now agitating the country, and is of valuable aid in placing the great problems of the hour before students whose time for the thorough investigation of these subjects is, for the most part, limited. The club, as its name only indicates, furthers the cause of free trade; but it hopes to hear well-known men on both sides during the winter. The speaker this evening...
...scheme for the establishment in connection with the library of a reading room which may be open evenings is the outgrowth of a series of articles which have appeared in the CRIMSON at intervals for two or three years. We have had but little to say upon the subject since 1888, when, it will be remembered, a petition, known as the CRIMSON petition, was sent to the corporation begging that electric lights be put in Gore Hall. The present movement has been carried on by a committee of under-graduates, who, convinced that a reading room is the most pressing...
...mere fact that no one can sell intoxicating liquors to any tribal Indian is not an evidence of the Indians' protection, but is simply an outgrowth of the policy of the United States government to restrict commercial intercourse with the Indian...