Word: widener
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...famed Bishop Brent was a victory for the Anglo-Catholic party, which prides itself on the ecclesiastical tradition of the Episcopal Church in contrast with the ecclesiastically doubtful parentage of the Puritan and other Reformation-born sects. The argument publicly put forth is that union with the "sects" would widen the breach with the Roman Catholic Church. This argument prevailed in spite of the two rebuttals: 1) The Roman Catholic Church recognizes no cousins ? from its point of view, not to be orthodox is to be heretical; a miss is as good as a mile, etc. 2) The Roman...
...story thins into a string of anecdotes as its author's activities and acquaintance widen. Still painting, he sees much of Whistler, something of Oscar Wilde, of which parasite wit Whistler says: "He picks from our platters the plums for the puddings he peddles in the provinces...
...fact is that over all these sources of shortsightedness we have some control, over many of them very great control. We can lessen our ignorance by earnest search for truth. We can widen our sympathies, and reduce our prejudice by striving to do so, and that without letting our resolution be sicklied o'er by the pale cast of thought. We can control our passions by frankly acknowledging their existence to ourselves...
...arts, letters, history or philosophy. If he has no sufficiently keen interest outside of science, it would in general be better to utilize his concentration to prepare for his professional studies which he can do in a variety of ways. He can then use his other courses to widen his mental outlook...
...question of what degree of free dom shall be permitted to students is a very delicate one. The transition from school to college is at present so violent and in cases so disastrous, that it is doubtful wisdom to widen the breach Freshmen should be subject to the examination system as they now are, in order that their fitness to do college work may be tested and in order that a new found freedom may not develop into licensed idleness. Sophomores, also, should be subject to the examination with the exception of those who as Freshmen reached Groups...