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...reforms of the last three hundred years and especially those of the present time. So much, he said, is seen and heard now of so-called reforms, accompanied as they are by demonstrations and commotion, that it may be profitable to go back to the twelfth century and learn the lessons taught by the life of the great reformer, St. Francis of Assisi...
...advantages which may present themselves to you before you try to part with, to minimize, or to forego in any way your own individuality. Study it without being egotistic, and understanding the weak places, shun their temptations and try to protect yourself by added strength. Knowing yourself, you may learn to know others; and so in process of time you will both consciously and unconsciously learn those abiding principles of human nature and of human character which add to the knowledge and the progress of the world...
...interview he had had with some young Harvard friends; something about individuality, which seemed to him to be a matter of much importance. That the individual may reach the highest expression of his power, he must develop that which is part of his own nature. Every man should learn to value and to use his own individuality. It is a priceless gift, next in sequence of value to honor and health. It is the one power which all possess and which may lead to permanent renown: and if in his youth a man tries to put it from...
...fact that Christ was a Son of God did not exempt Him from the suffering of the world. A part of His mission on earth was to learn obedience and this He could only do through suffering. Suffering is not a mishap but is sent by God to teach us trust, submission and obedience. It is a part of the education of our lives and is alone able to make us trustful, submissive and obedient...
...make any sort of activity established as a university institution, two things are necessary,- first, the activity must be made of such a character as to merit general support, and, secondly, it must be conducted in practically the same way year after year, so that students shall learn to expect and to await its different events. The more change there is, the less well-known will be the institution. Where interest is small, it must be concentrated: if diffused, it will not make itself felt at all. A certain amount of interest, quite sufficient to make Yale debates a success...