Word: intellect
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Bishop Vincent preached last night at Appleton Chapel. He took the text, "Thy commandment is exceeding Broad." Science, he said, appeals to the intellect, religion to the moral nature. Science deals with what we see around us, with what is tangible; religion is something that has to do with the unseen and the future. Thus it is but natural that science should be the more popular among men. It is often objected against religion that it is narrow. There can be no doubt that in the church there is some narrowness. Different sects are always quarreling and with regard...
...have held full sway in college life for a good many years and have been the sole subject for intercollegiate competition; but as the all-important factor in college life they have had their day. They will continue to be important, but they must share importance with contests of intellect and oratory. In the organization of this new movement for the equality of brain and muscle, Harvard adds one more to her long line of important initiatives...
...closely knit than most Americans, but his body, though so compact, was grace itself. Every muscle, every feature was under perfect control, and it was this that enabled him to be his best characters rather than to act them. His beauty was of a manly kind and showed the intellect which lay behind it; but his voice was perhaps his chief charm. He was a model for all speakers of English, and he gave Shakespeare's lines with as little effort as if they were his mother tongue. It is not pessimistic to say that they will never be given...
...really to love our country, we must make it lovely." This fact which Burke stated a hundred years ago was fully appreciated by Athens, Venice and Florence. All these countries devoted wealth and intellect to the cause of art, even when waging expensive wars at the same time. The only country which has systematically followed this devotion in modern times is France, where the artists in organized classes begin with the study of what is famous and beautiful at home and then pursue their studies further in other countries. This gives every Frenchman a chance to learn his country...
...people of the world. He lived by his pen for fifty years and when his magazine articles were collected they filled fifty volumes. All these articles are characterized by individuality, humor, imagination and the evident results of a thorough study of the classics. He had an exact and penetrating intellect and peered into the most hidden things. There is a vein through all his writings which gives evidence of an extensive reading knowledge and high culture. His humor, pathos and marvelous power of description made him a popular writer and secured for him the fame which returns from an extensive...