Word: humanitis
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...Religion had its way it would make every human being an ideal man. If a man could live rightly in body, soul. and spirit, religion could do nothing for him. The ideal for a man in life is to be on right relation with his fellow man and with...
...truly heroic life, is there not something more than human? We can estimate pleasure, but who can say how much it is one's duty to do this or that? The difference between truth and falsehood is immeasurable; one can't take an intermediate stand. A mother's love is limitless; it gives all and lasts forever. Was there not a divine element in the death of Sydney Carleton, and though but fiction, what a lesson it should teach us! Should we not in our lives include divine elements? Emerson well phrased it in the following aphorisom: "Don't leave...
...student is in a position where his mind and heart are being trained beyond the point which most men reach and with this extra favor there comes an increased obligation. The student acquires an insight into human nature, an idea of the relation of things in the world; in short acquires ability. Salvation must be along the line of truth and the more ability a man has the more truth he sees and the more he can contribute to salvation. The position which the student should take, with his increased ability is perfectly clear then...
...colleges and schools there are too many men whose instruction consists solely of words, men whose habits of life and whose personal appearance gives no inspiration whatever to their pupils, men veritably "curiosities out of museums." The same thing applies to journalism, to politics, to all the spheres of human activity. The great question before each of us is not what we shall do, but how we shall do it. We should evangelize our intelligence, choose our place and go to work with all the strength of our minds and hearts...
...complex organism of the human ear is fully developed at the time of birth. Can variation or natural selection account for this combination of structures...