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...concerning the "constituents of being;" first, that they were "transitory;" secondly, "miserable;" third, "lacking in the ego." As the doctrine of faith and works may be considered the characteristic of Christ's religion, so knowledge was the basis of Buddha's teaching. The aim of life was to get rid of existence; existence was a simple illusion; therefore knowledge was what was most needed...
...this complication a solution will eventually be found, which will probably keep up the university standard, but rid it of its present objectionable features. However, with the undergraduate rule in the precarious position it now holds, it seems a questionable policy, for those who have of their own free will adopted it, to try to drag others down to their own level. We think that the athletic spirit at Yale must be too sportsmanlike to allow the baseball games to fall through because Yale has, by her own deliberate action, weakened her teams and their chances of winning. If this...
...first bicycle run of the season will be held this afternoon under the auspices of the Cycling Association. Its course will be by Echo Bridge and Newton Upper Falls, and the good roads and attractive scenery of this district will make the rid most interesting...
...accordance with the present policy of the college of getting rid of railroad stocks, etc. and investing rather in real estate, the valuable property of the Union Institution of Savings on the corner of Washington Street and Hayward Place has recently been purchased at a net price, to the bank...
...lecturer then discussed the Protestant outgrowth from the Catholic Church. The Protestant idea was to get rid of any artificial mediator between man and God. Luther and others opposed the authority of the Pope as against this Protestant idea and started the revolutionary spirit by condemning the sale of "indulgences." The case became a perfectly clear one. The Catholics held that a third party must interfere for the salvation of the individual soul, while the Protestants would not submit to have their opinions meddled with; they wanted free expression of their own belief. The Bible was the authority...