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...nomination failed, and Lincoln, who sought only to be true to his political principals, was brought to the place where God's best thought for him and the country was made fruitful. Illustrations of this same truth can be drawn from literature. Byron refused to bow to the moral order. He tried to reign supreme in the kingdom of the poetry of pleasure. The world has begun to pass him by. Milton faithfully devoted himself to the service of his country. He would write to express the truth. Ten dollars was the immediate reward of "Paradise Lost," but his present...
...Leahy in lines rather incoherent but evidencing at every turn true poetic power draws a moral from "Dante's Francesca." Mr. Leahy possesses sense, and the present poem with more polish would be admirable. Mr. Berenson in a lengthy paper on "Was Mohammed at all an impostor?" tells in his best vein the story of the great heresiarch. We question the clearness of Mr. Berenson's answer, but acknowledge the peacefulness of his pen in matters ethical. The paper is strong though somewhat involved...
...fact that all academic faculties since organized are directly traceable to this source. As the University of Bologna was primarily a corporation of law students, the University of Paris grew from the association of teachers of scholastic philosophy. The Crusades had set in motion the religious and moral sentiments of Europe, which greatly agitated the masses. This gave an extensive impulse to the teaching of the cloister and Episcopal schools, of which Paris by various circumstances became the centre and embodiment. In Paris all teachers came directly under the power of the chancellor of the chapter of Notre Dame...
...throughout the whole life of Jesus this continual contrast of society and solitude. Thus it was in perfect keeping that at this great crisis of his life, on the Thursday before Palm Sunday, Jesus should have turned aside to commune with himself. In the mental as well as the moral life we all need times of refreshment, quiet moments for reflection. It is for this purpose that these vesper services have been undertaken; to draw us apart a moment from the cares and perplexities of our engrossing daily life. Like those stations of the Cross on a "Calvary Hill...
...League. Mr. Cook began by comparing the prohibition question to the old slavery issue, and said he hoped that his hearers would live to seethe liquor traffic declared an outlaw thoughout the civilized world. The temperance movement takes root easily in the Anglo-Saxon nature. For the love of moral purity inherent in it awakens a great sensibility to moral questions, and we should do our share to further the cause. The lecturer then discussed the educational and political aspect of the prohibition movement. Life insurance companies take cognizance of a man's habits in drink. The total abstainer obtains...