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...whole life preludes the single deed...
...together, naturally come to regard and to trust one another as friends: individual struggle is the characteristic of the life of the outside world; there is less common sympathy and forbearance there than among men in college, and if any man does not definitely show himself in heart and deed in sympathy with other men he is at once classed as against them...
...Servis, the father of Angelina. One of the brothers is to be chosen as the girl's suitor, and, as Charles cares for nothing but books, the choice naturally falls on Eustace. To satisfy the cupidity of the girl's father it is necessary for Charles to deed his rights as eldest son to Eustace his brother. This be is willing to do provided a suitable allowance is made him for the purchase of books. His servant Andrew, however, excites his curiosity as to the lady Angelina and, as preparations for his brother's marriage make it impossible for Charles...
...hope of restoration for imperfect souls. So, in the dominant belief of a later time, inspiration becomes the association not only of Prophets and Apostles but of all Christ like men and writings in the redemptive, uplifting work of the Saviour. The Atonement in a reconciliation in mind and deed to God through the self-offering of Christ which begets self-sacrifice in us. The Judgment is going on wherever truth is set forth, and issues in a constant call to men to take the side of Christ and labor for the raising of mankind to the true life
...wickedness, but of virtue impotent and inactive. Hamlet, although in many ways a splendid character is possessed, in the words of a French critic of note, of "a will which is strongly deemed to have the willing power, but which is powerless to furnish itself with motive for the deed." In speaking of the New Testament, John Ruskin has said what may be well applied to the death of the hero of the play, that the most soul-stirring picture drawn by the Savior is the terrible condemnation of the rejected,--not of the evil doers, but of those...