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A man knows Milton almost by heart , and Shakespeare too ; can quote pages of
Homer , has read Chrysostom for his recreation , is full of history , runs over with
statistics right and left , and withal is strong in mother wit ...
A man knows Milton almost by heart , and Shakespeare too ; can quote pages of
Homer , has read Chrysostom for his recreation , is full of history , runs over with
statistics right and left , and withal is strong in mother wit ...
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... formed its social life , subsidized its great powers , and wields to - day the
heavy battalions ; a force that this hour beats in millions of hearts all over this
globe with a living warmth beside which the love of science and art is cold and
clammy .
... formed its social life , subsidized its great powers , and wields to - day the
heavy battalions ; a force that this hour beats in millions of hearts all over this
globe with a living warmth beside which the love of science and art is cold and
clammy .
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Overflowing with details , he probed the facts of history to the quick , and felt for its
heart . Fertile in theory , he preserved the truth of science so pure as “ in the sight
of God ” not “ to write the very smallest thing as certain of which he was not ...
Overflowing with details , he probed the facts of history to the quick , and felt for its
heart . Fertile in theory , he preserved the truth of science so pure as “ in the sight
of God ” not “ to write the very smallest thing as certain of which he was not ...
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written utterance , signed “ Your old Niebuhr , " contains a lament that “ depth ,
sincerity , originality , heart , and affection are disappearing , ” and that “
shallowness and arrogance are becoming universal . ” After all allowances for
whatever of ...
written utterance , signed “ Your old Niebuhr , " contains a lament that “ depth ,
sincerity , originality , heart , and affection are disappearing , ” and that “
shallowness and arrogance are becoming universal . ” After all allowances for
whatever of ...
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And I do with my whole heart will this my purpose to my successors in the
presidency of this seminary , to the latest posterity ; and it is my last will , never to
be revoked , and to God I commit it ; and my only hope and confidence for the
execution ...
And I do with my whole heart will this my purpose to my successors in the
presidency of this seminary , to the latest posterity ; and it is my last will , never to
be revoked , and to God I commit it ; and my only hope and confidence for the
execution ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Anniversary Addresses |
| Author | Samuel Colcord Bartlett |
| Publisher | Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Company, 1894 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 517 pages |
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