Word: seeking
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...Crown" speech and elsewhere). (2) If he were elected, we should be in danger from the wild vagaries of the Populist Platform (Pop. Plat., '96). (a) He would owe his election to Populist votes. (b) He would be compelled to appoint Populists to office. (c) He would have to seek Populist support in Congress. (3) He has shown himself to be personally dangerous to the country's welfare. (1) He has persistently tried to incite class against class (Albany speech, Syracuse speech, Aug., '96, etc., etc., etc.) (2) He has endeavored to array one part of the country against...
...enthusiasm is genuine and voluntary.- (x) No one is compelled to join the army.- (y) Any soldier can withdraw at any time.- (5) Obedience is absolute and willing: Booth, pp. 242, 243.- (b) Methods are most direct.- (1) Soldiers come into closest and most intimate contact with those they seek to save.- (x) They visit the poor in their homes, saloons and dens of all kinds.- (y) They entice men into their indoor religious meetings.- (z) They reach them by attractive outdoor religious meetings: Booth, p. 244, and App. p. 66, 77.- (c) Methods are least expensive.- (1) Little training...
...something almost ludicrous, were it not for the sorrowful thought that the University is so misunderstood, in the cry of Harvard indifference. Because schoolboy ideals and codes are fast disappearing, because men will not be driven in a body, because a man thinks that above all he should seek to make the best use of those powers which God has given him, Harvard is indifferent. If this be indifference the charge is true; but it is indifference of this sort that has moved the world...
...willing nature does influence us in our belief. But, remembering that in our dealings with nature we are not makers but recorders of truth, we should seek to avoid error and seek for truth. We must weigh reasons with an indifferent mind; for the best investigator is one who is impartial...
...Missionaries involve their governments in foreign wars.- (a) They incite natives to rebellion.- (b) They urge their governments to interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign nations.- (c) They seek the support of their own governments when they get into difficulty for interfering in the affairs of state: Missions-New Style, Nation...