Word: phase
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Peabody first defined the meaning of the word religion. Religion is not mere belief, though it is often so regarded. Neither is religion a feeling of emotion for some particular phase of its manifestation. Religion is rather the "pressing forward toward the mark of our high calling in Christ Jesus our Lord." It is this intention, graven on the heart, that changes a man's life. It is a mistake to call any weak man well-meaning, since, in the higher and broader sense, if a man means well he will do well. A man interested in athletics shows...
...most noticeable fault developed by the backs was that of starting before the ball. This, of necessity, prevented any concerted action on the part of the whole eleven. While the line-men heretofore have not been getting the start on their opponents, yesterday they showed some improvement in that phase of the game, which is the first requisite of hard, fast playing...
Captain Goodrich of the crew took up the athletic phase of the question. There is need, he said, of some force which shall bring a united Harvard to back up the athletic teams. To do this, a genuine, whole souled Harvard spirit must be created in which there is no division of interests, but one united enthusiasm. The University Club is the force which better than any other can bring this about; for it would have the support of all students, and would be the centre of University activity...
...meetings last night of the Graduate Club and the Natural History Society, are fair examples of a very active phase of University life. Side by side with the actual working departments of instruction there exist clubs of good standing which accomplish practical results by extending the work of the scholar and invest the subject matter with a social atmosphere which renders it doubly attractive...
...Ricardo Fellowship, with an annual income of $350, for the study of "Some Phase or Phases of the Relations of the Public to Public Service Corporations, including the questions of Governmental and Municipal Ownership and Management," will be awarded for the year...