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...good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your should." These words were spoken in a time when the kingdom of Judah, threatened with invasion from Babylon, was torn within itself by adverse theories, by doubt, by hesitation, by the impulse at one moment to follow any leader and at the next the cynical distrust of all. then the prophet came to the nation, halting as it were at crossroad, with his counsel to deliberate among the old ways and choose the one experience had pointed out as best...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BACCALACUREATE SERMON. | 6/15/1903 | See Source »

...life, the speaker said, is cut across by certain paths. From generation to generation, men follow somewhat in the same ways as the men before them. There is the way of sensuality, wherein follow men of many kinds of physical lust and hunger, but all alike in that their goal is the satisfaction of physical pleasure, men who--"eat, drink, and these are bitter and proud,--and they who have failed, and these are bitter and harsh. There are the ways of social ambition, of hypocrisy, of indecision. And, finally, there is the way of faith and of duty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BACCALACUREATE SERMON. | 6/15/1903 | See Source »

...equipment as he will and leave his company if he desires. At the times of choice he needs what Jeremiah urged on Judah--deliberation. Not every way of life that is suggested to men is true; not every way that is novel and interesting is safe to follow. Originality is not a mark of truth, but rather indeed are those ways of conduct most likely to be true which are not devised ready made by the brain of one man or one generation, but have very long been followed by humanity and have grown with the growing experience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BACCALACUREATE SERMON. | 6/15/1903 | See Source »

...probable batting orders follow: HARVARD. PENNSYLVANIA. Randall, 1b. c.f., Howes Stephenson, r.f. s.s., Orbin Matthews, s.s. 1b., Gladfelter Clarkson, p. l.f., Noble Stillman, c.f. c., Cariss H.D. Kernan, l.f. 2b., Swain Carr, 3b. r.f., Wilder Quigley, c. 3b., Stites Coolidge, 2b. p., Groves, Devlin

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PENNSYLVANIA GAME TODAY | 6/13/1903 | See Source »

...batting orders follow: HARVARD COLUMBIA Randall, 1b. s.s., Goodman Stephenson, r.f. 2b., Taber Matthews, s.s. c., Frambach Clarkson, l.f. 3b., Joyce Stillman, c.f. r.f., O'Nell R.P. Kernan, c. 1b., Bloomfield Carr, 3b, c.f., Fisher Coburn, p, p., Tyler Coolidge, 2b, l.f., Elias

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLUMBIA GAME TODAY | 6/9/1903 | See Source »

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