Word: mightier
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...people a school, And dedicated to Christ and the church this their foundation, Which being increased by the bounty of John Harvard and by lovers of learning here and abroad continually helped and finally entrusted to the loyal care of its children, From a small beginning brought to a mightier growth, By Presidents, Fellows, Overseers and Faculty with counsels, foresight and care. To the best arts, to virtues, social and personal, Has given and still gives culture. They that he instructed shall shine like the glory of the firmament, And they that educate many to righteousness, Like stars for ceaseless...
...that he has it. This is true. Individuality and personality are necessary but they are very different from that self-consciousness which leads a man to think primarily of his own virtues. Peter. Paul and John may have been self-conscious before Christ came, but when He came His mightier personality transformed them. They did not lose their own personalities; they simply forgot everything except the message of this greater Power...