Word: humanitis
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...many is that the universe produces nothing ugly. Aside from the beauty of exactness and invariability that the laws of Creation have for mathematical minds in particular and for du ler ones in a less degree, the visible manifestations of the infinite Reason are the most familiar parts of human existence. There is little need of presenting any of these pictures, and yet their very familiarity makes them often unimpressive and obscures much of their splendor. The night, with its stars moving with in evitable accuracy or a day of sunlight or one of clouds and wind are too common...
Professor Briggs impressed upon his hearers that the dean is a human being, a fact not always recognized. The office contains men whom you have a right to count upon as friends. It must prosecute, for it is responsible for the actions of the students, but if one is ever in trouble he should go there to receive advice...
...first Advocate of the year made,- in effect that everyday life and familiar college incidents are most worthy of the attention of the writer for college papers. For in this particular story, there is plenty of the tragic and blood-curdling, plenty of scenes far removed from ordinary human life. The mingling of disappointed love, hate, thirst for revenge, compacts with Satan, and murder in one crucible is so seldom seen in college stories, that it would be hard to criticize this tale from a college standpoint. We will say that Mr. Brown has struggled bravely with the difficulties before...
...conception of the meaning of the term "Semitic;" to become at least superficially acquainted with some of the master pieces of Semitic art; and, by means of the art and other products, to enter somewhat into the mystery of that power whereby the Semites won their distinguished place in human history...
...build up the character of God as a florist puts together a bouquet of flowers. Just as the florist chooses the flowers that produce the best effect, and in this way makes out of nature something more beautiful than nature, so do these men picking out the noblest of human qualities form a character which they ascribe to God. This is the worst kind of atheism...