Word: solemnity
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...ways that are used to promote Christian work. Here, where all beliefs are represented, where religious expression is reserved, reticent and unemotional, he may not discover until later the strong under-current working for good. Religion indeed, is neither an obligation nor a duty, but the most solemn privilege of a mature man's life. This year, the new comer, if he accepts the privilege, may hear five distinguished men of five different denominations. They come to him not only as preachers but as wise, trustworthy friends, rewarded simply by the consciousness of their usefulness. He is here also...
...suggestive. The centre page, "Which is the American Girl We Hear so Much About?" consists of imitations of the American girls drawn by different well-known artists, and the general effect is certainly striking. The third picture in the series "As Others See Us," shows a row of solemn-looking students marching up to the college pump, each one holding tight a copy of the "Voice...
...hence unscathed, but he is equally certain that the trifling irregularity in which his collar button suffered fracture was untainted by any ignoble motives of revenge. However, this whole question is one to be determined by the individual members of the class. They might draw up a solemn covenant to act together in amity, dignity and fraternity on the occasion. Surely to respect such a covenant would not be a test too superhuman for Christian forbearance...
...Eliot was the first speaker. "Each year, for several years past," he said, "more than 1000 young men have joined this university at this time, and this year is no exception. This coming of the new men is a joyful time for them, but for us there is something solemn. This old ship carries a precious cargo, and hardly any one of us can avoid feeling a sense of responsibility. But on each one of you some share of this burden falls from the time when you become a member of this association of men. This is an association...
...Medici," "Vulgar Errors," Urn Burial," "A Letter to a Friend," and, the most fantastic of all Browne's works, the "Garden of Cyrus." He commented upon the Latin origin of much of Sir Thomas's writings, upon its quaintness, its dignity, and-when it is at its best-the solemn music of its cadences. The distinguishing qualities of seventeenth century prose were brought out, or rather suggested, by a rough comparison of Browne with Bacon, Ralegh, Hooker, Isask Walton, and Jeremy Taylor, who is Browne's only equal in his most splendid passages of ornate prose...