Word: self
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...large audience assembled in Sever 11 last night to hear the strongest argument for free trade that has been made here for some time. The lecturer, Rev. John G. Brooks of Brockton, said that the argument that a high tariff raises wages is entirely untenable, and that private self-interest, not anxiety about the condition of the laborer, was the real motive of the protectionist. The general average of wages is entirely unaffected by protection, since the rate of wages depends only on the amount produced by the laborer. It is said that when wages are 35 cents...
...show what stuff Harvard men are made of; to show that they are not mean, nor stingy, nor, worst of all, indifferent; to show to Yale and other colleges that if money is needed by Harvard organizations money will be forthcoming, even if it does take a little self-sacrifice and denial. Remember this, Harvard men, and do your share towards helping your crew to "show four miles of river to the crack New Haven crew" next June. And, as we have said before, do not wait to be called upon personally, but send or give your subscriptions...
...cases of visions four points are to be noted: the state of the mind of the person who sees, the condition of the person who is seen, and the dates of the vision and of the actual event. Most reported cases can be explained by lapses of memory, self deception and optical illusions. There is, however, enough evidence to justify the belief that there are occurrences which cannot be explained by the above means, or by any mere coincidence. Mr. Hodgson said that his own researches had taken away his former incredulity, and has convinced him that there...
...present at vespers yesterday evening. Dr. Peabody conducted the service, while Dr. McKenzie occupied the reading desk. After reading the parable of the Prodigal Son, Dr. Peabody called attention to the condition of the prodigal at the moment he began his better life. He had drunk the cup of self-indulgence to its dregs; he had been a mockery of himself, but his true self had at length returned. Few of us have ever been in the condition of the prodigal, but in every serious life there comes a similar transition. Our minds may be moving along in a purposeless...
...could possibly come from this source. The true nature of protection is shown by the threat made by every protected industry to smash the whole system if the duties on its products are reduced. Here is no thought of patriotism, or of the condition of the laborer; all is self-interest, which does not hesitate to destroy the prosperity of the whole country. Protection has changed greatly since the days when it professed merely to protect young industries. After a century of protection the duties are higher than ever before, and every attempt to lessen them is defeated by powerful...