Word: evils
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...rude form this element was undoubtedly connected with the thought of self. The deep seated longing for after life testified to the worth of life. The ethical element also helped to establish the roots of faith in immortality. This element demanded that good should be rewarded and evil punished. Finally there remain to be mentioned the important doctrines of Resurrection and Transmigration, which were important elements and widely recognized...
...Professor Carpenter preached last night at Appleton Chapel, on "Evil," from the text "Your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil...
...ethical conceptions were very imperfectly developed, but now the growth of an ethical motive began. Homer represented the dead in an under world, and beyond Oceanus. The Erinnyes were mentioned as the punishers of perjurers after death. We find also accounts of the sufferings of the Titans for evil done during their lives. Then we read on the other hand of the beauty and glory of the Elysian plain, where the sons of the gods meet. Scepticism was frequent and widespread in the third and fourth centuries...
...speaker closed with an appeal, that Harvard men should remember that they had special duties as well as special privileges, that they should not only be good men but also manly men, that they should not let those who stand for evil have all the virile qualities, but should stand shoulder to shoulder with all men who believe in right, and make their blows against evil count...
Religious Union.Dr. Santayana spoke last night before the Religious Union on the Mystery of Evil, taking up and questioning several of the arguments of Professor Fiske. The address was very informal and an opportunity was given the members of the Union for discussion...