Word: sprang
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...much to preserve peace. Other factors are mutual sympathy among nations and a good understanding of one another, for there is no war so serious that it cannot be amicably settled if both parties so wish it. International arbitration is another strong factor making for peace. Many peace societies sprang up in the United States during the first part of the last century, and were the natural precursors of the Hague Peace Conferences. Many international conferences, meeting for other purposes, have led to strong unions. These are drawing the nations closer together, and forming bonds that are going to bind...
Dormitory rowing, which was inaugurated two years ago and at once sprang into general favor, has proved one of the most enjoyable of the autumn diversions. It has other possibilities, however, than serving as a pleasant method of taking exercise. Everyone realizes that the material for future University and class crews must be provided for, and that some form of scrub crews is a great help in supplying this demand...
Forward again they sprang...
...meeting of the Religious Union on "Religion from the Point of View of the Student of Sociology." He discussed at length the function of religion in social development, maintaining that religion as a moral and conservative force is an aid to progress Science and religion, he said, sprang originally from the same sources in human nature, the desire to know, and the desire to find the hidden causes of things. The wonder excited by the contemplation of the unexplainable realities of experience, the belief in an eternal source of energy and life, reverence for the past all tend to strengthen...