Word: lesson
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...held yesterday afternoon in Appleton Chapel. After reading the services Rev. S. M. Cotters spoke briefly of the life and influence of Dean Everett, of his services to theology, of his greatness, which men were able to look up to when their own faith was weak, and of the lesson to be learned from his life...
Perhaps the best lesson to be drawn from this is the value of living our lives as free as possible from the commonplaceness of every day existence. All of us live more or less with what we hope to be or to do, rather than with what we are; and these so-called dreams are among the best realities of life. The triumphs of science itself have been gained by great men who dared to dream and go beyond the limits of actual fact and knowledge...
...while striving to save the Union after year, the number of their comrades grows less; yet the thought awakened by the remembrance of deeds become more precious with succeeding Memorial Day. We can see more clearly the sacrifices the made without complaint, to fee deeply the grand lesson taught by hall. The names which are carved on the walls deserve greater honor than ever be rendered to them; but such our tribute is, we give it gladly and from full hearts...
Though it is impossible to evade the lessons taught by this condemnation, there is a deeper lesson that is not always seen; for Christ insists only upon one of two alternatives--good use of money or its complete abandonment. This fact reconciles many statements that at first appear contradictory. Wealth is not a danger to be avoided, but rather a trust to be used for the highest purposes...
...Baker '00, "A Lesson from the Career of Grant," Theodore Roosevelt...