Word: spokes
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Senator F. W. Dallinger '93 made a short address in which he spoke of the large number of Harvard graduates, formerly Democrats, who are supporting the McKinley administration. He urged all republicans to join the club, and outlined the requirements for student voters in Cambridge...
Professor Ashley spoke of the danger or falling into bad habits at the beginning of the college course and of the necessity of getting a good start...
...Samuel A. Eliot, D.D., spoke in Appleton Chapel last evening, on the general subject of the nature of Christianity. He said in part: "Christianity has been variously defined as a belief or creed, to be judged largely from an intellectual point in view, or as a life, to consist of good works. Both definitions seem inadequate, for the nature of Christianity includes both and has an additional element. This may perhaps best be referred to as a feeling, inherited or spontaneous, of which faith and good works are but the fruit...
...then, emotion and feeling will outlast argument. The parts of the Bible which have always had the most influence are those which contain passages of great beauty and mystery; and in the teachings of Christ we see the same truth. His power came largely from the fact that He spoke to those about Him in parables; and all the parables of Jesus were full of poetic inspiration...
...Peabody spoke of the need today of aggressiveness in our religious life. Many men adopt a negative view of religion, avoiding evil and slipping through their daily existence in a neutral way. This is better than positive sin, no doubt, but it is a poor way of living. The need of good men in the world is greater now than ever before, and surely they ought to be found in such an institution as this where men come to develop and broaden their ideas and their field of usefulness...