Word: flag
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...life is ruled not merely by his own independent will, but by various influences of which it is only partially conscious; and these influences are summed up in a battle cry, a flag, a party name, a sign, which often has more meaning than many words. The sacramental principle, the representation of inward emotion by outward signs, runs through the world and is a necessity of human life; much more is it a necessity when we are trying to represent heavenly things. The Christian Sacraments are federal or social arts, not arts of worship. The word itself implies the oath...
...which existed in the old system are still extant. At the beginning of this period there was no University Debating Club--but there were two rival organizations, the Harvard Union and the Forum, which elected their members from all the different classes. But interest in these clubs began to flag, and as the result of causes which had been at work for several years, the two were combined in the spring of 1898, into a University Debating Club. Debates were carried on as before, but the new club lacked the character of a governing board, which it has since attained...