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...standpoint. The supernatural, the miraculous, simply do not exist for him. Yet religion is composed essentially of these elements. The only satisfactory approach to religion must itself be religious, sympathetic. Religion is a matter of experience; he who has not undergone the religious experience has no right to pass judgment on religion. Let us give religion a fair chance, and allow it to make its appeal in its own peculiar manner...

Author: By William T. Howe ., | Title: Communication | 3/27/1924 | See Source »

...Their heart is all right, and they mean well, but their judgment is not very good" was Fire Chief Albert Tait's cryptic comment when asked his opinion of the undergraduates' activities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Paper Blaze and Fire-Engines Furnish Evening's Diversion for 700 Students in Yard; False Alarm From Matthews the Cause | 3/24/1924 | See Source »

...beautiful a thing is judgment for gray hairs and for elders to know counsel! How beautiful is the wisdom of old men, and thought and counsel to men that are in honour! Much experience is the crown of old men; and their glorying is the fear of the Lord...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OVERSEERS HONOR ELIOT IN GLOWING TESTIMONIAL | 3/21/1924 | See Source »

...should be less than candid with you, however, if I did not say that in my judgment the strongest argument that has been used in the United States in support of immediate independence of the Philippines is not the argument that it would benefit the Filipinos, but that it would be of advantage to the United States...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Philippine Ills | 3/17/1924 | See Source »

...prospect "is not encouraging for those Harvard men who know that their sons are not pre-eminent in scholarship, athletics or school leadership, but are sure they are good material for the college." It might be suggested that these fond parents allow their paternal pride to overrule their better judgment--and that it is difficult to see just what athletic eminence has to do with the New Plan examinations. But extraordinary brilliance will never be required for admission to Harvard; and as the sons of graduates have apparently inherited sufficient intelligence to follow their fathers in the past, it seems...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "LAME DUCKS!" | 3/14/1924 | See Source »

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