Word: passionately
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...partly philosophical. Its essence is as follows: "A newspaper approaches the ideal, then, in proportion as it lets its community see, honestly and accurately, just what the real life of the moment is; that is, in proportion as it makes its readers actually conscious of the present world of passion, of suffering, of effort and of joy, in which, as in an ocean, they pass their lives. The ideal newspaper, then, tells the whole significant truth about the daily life of its community, the honest and essential truth. But its truth is confusedly the truth of to-day. Its outlook...
...great deal about Christianity without knowing anything of Christ. Such men are religious men, but not Christians-they live for themselves, instead of living for Christ. No man is a Christian who lives for himself. There is a practical difficulty in being beset by temptation; but there is no passion in man's nature that cannot be overcome. The principle in dealing with sin is not prohibition, but substitution. The only way to keep high is to keep in high company-to follow Christ. Every man should try Christianity; then his whole nature will be softened and will become more...
...Barry was certainly dramatic, and thoroughly felt the passion of his work. Mr. Mahany was one of the most natural speakers on the program, and his ease of delivery captivated...
...peace on the earth, but a sword." Thursday's lecture was devoted to the discussion of the question whether economic theory can be Christianizad. After reference to the formidable foe which the Christian sociologist finds in the realms of trade, where the desire for property has become the overmastering passion, and the enormous inequality in possessions has created envy and social discontent, the lecturer set forth the difficulty in the way of convincing the American laborer that these social differences are created by nature. Our society is built on the doctrine that all men are created equal, and the spelling...
Gladstone's passion for pocket volumes had its prototype in the Romans of the empire. The first state public library at Rome was the Bibliotheca Octaviana...