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...that these witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul." He said that these witnesses left their clothes with Saul because they feared that in the mob they might be stolen. Accordingly they left them with a man in whom they had perfect confidence, who they knew was in sympathy with them...
...wrong he lays his reputation and his social position at the feet of his friends, trusting that in their hands he is safe. This safety a man cannot find here if he is, for example, untruthful; for, if there is one thing that Harvard University stands for, it is perfect truthfulness in every individual member and as a whole. Many things, however, the student feels that his fellows will regard leniently and accordingly he is willing to go wrong. He would never think of it if he knew that by so doing he would lose all reputation and position...
Even if the world is not yet what it ought to be, we must recognize that there is another reason for this besides a failure of the force. It is imperfection of the machinery. An article cannot be perfectly manufactured, no matter how great the force, without good machinery. Our machinery could not now be faultless; the science of economics is not yet thoroughly understood, nor is the art of right and just government perfectly clear. So with a boundless force we could not yet have the world perfect, but let us rest assured with so many evidences...
...extracted, and a reproduction of the original in red is obtained on the plate, a similar plate is taken in yellow, and a third in blue. These three plates are now placed one above the other, and printed, and the result is an exact reproduction of the original, so perfect that no painter who ever lived could have copied it as accurately. Certain subtle, delicate qualities in a landscape, never suspected before are brought before the eye. The whole publishing world is looking to this new process, and before many years we may expect to see all our periodicals printed...
...returned to work he carried some of the freshness and love of nature with him and seemed to impart it to those about. Thus living between the busy life of this college world and the peaceful life of the woods he seemed prepared for the passing into that more perfect life beyond...