Word: truthfulness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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John the Orangeman must be in the parade on Wednesday, and every Harvard student will immediately admit the truth of this statement. The faithful old man has gone to every game played in Cambridge, football and baseball, for no one knows how many years, and he is always as interested in Harvard's success as the youngest and most enthusiastic undergraduate. When the fathers of those who are now in College were undergraduates, Old John was a familiar sight on Holmes field, with his shambling walk and uncouth salutations. The boldest would scarcely venture to guess...
...Hambidge's painting, "The Modern Jury," in Truth tomorrow. All trains and news-stands...
...Fenn of Chicago conducted the service in Appleton Chapel, last evening, choosing as his text, John, xiv, 6; "I am the truth...
...Truth, said Mr. Fenn, is personal. It may be of three kinds: truth of sincerity of thought; truth which lies in the agreement between the individual thought and the general opinion of mankind; and truth of reality. It is to the last kind that the truth of character belongs...
Since in its entirety truth is personal, the quest for character is the search for truth. He who holds himself above all baseness and seeks for all that is good, is a searcher for truth. The ultimate truth in which the endeavor of the world finds its fullest and best expression is the truth of character...