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...moment avoid trouble by the simple process of tame submission to wrong. If this is done it will surely invite a repetition of the wrong; and in the end the American people are certain to rent this. Make no mistake. When our people as a whole finally understand the question they will insist on a course of conduct which will uphold the honor of the American flag; and we can in no way more effectively invite ultimate war than by deceiving foreign powers into taking a position which will make us certain to clash with them once our people have...
...understand," writes The Academy, "That Mr. George Saintsbury is withdrawing from all literary work not closely connected with the subjects of the chair at Edinburgh to which he has been appointed. He will, however, still contribute the prefaces to Macmillan and Co.'s edition of "Balzac," which were entirely written before the appointment...
...understand that when this subject is considered at the coming convention of graduate students in Philadelphia, a favorable tendency in the right direction will be reported from several colleges. As for Harvard's influence at present there can be no doubt. The standard of work required here for the two degrees in question is unquestionably a high one. With the exception of the conferring of the honorary degree of A. M., which is always done with discretion, both the master's and doctor's degree are marks of high scholarly attainment...
...much interested in outside matters as any one else, so that there is often no external difference between a church member and a nonchurch member. This fact does not necessarily lower the church, but it shows churchmen that if they wish to live as such they must thoroughly understand Christ's teachings. His commandments deal primarily with man's conduct both toward God and toward man. Christ has given to the world examples of how these commandments should be fulfilled. His teachings are generally interpreted too literally. Too often men treat his words as a kind of charm or fetish...
...opportunity for service to God just as much as in going to church and in doing missionary work Jesus did not mean that those who follow him must necessarily renounce their every day pursuits and cease to come in contact with others. It often puzzles one who tries to understand what He mant by saying, that one who became a disciple of his had to forsake all possessions and follow Him. It is true that the slow, stupid populace with which he had to deal needed some goad to arouse them to a consideration of their spiritual condition; but that...