Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace AssociationStephen Francis Weston World peace foundation, 1914 - 185 pages |
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... organization of the higher forces of the world all these conditions and more pile up into a Pelion on Ossa as a part of the difficulties standing in the progress of our great movement . But such diffi- culties inspire rather than deter ...
... organization of the higher forces of the world all these conditions and more pile up into a Pelion on Ossa as a part of the difficulties standing in the progress of our great movement . But such diffi- culties inspire rather than deter ...
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... organization was effected , and arrangements were made or a second conference at Earlham College ( Society of Friends ) . Professor Elbert Russell of Earl- ham College was elected president , and upon him de- volved most of the work of ...
... organization was effected , and arrangements were made or a second conference at Earlham College ( Society of Friends ) . Professor Elbert Russell of Earl- ham College was elected president , and upon him de- volved most of the work of ...
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... organization and participate in the contests . Purpose . The purpose of the association has been quite definitely set forth in my " Historical Sketch " 1 and in my report for 1912. From these the following state- ment is very largely ...
... organization and participate in the contests . Purpose . The purpose of the association has been quite definitely set forth in my " Historical Sketch " 1 and in my report for 1912. From these the following state- ment is very largely ...
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... organization is being carried on in several other states . By 1915 at least thirty states will be holding contests if money can be secured for properly financing them . Four groups are now definitely organized : an Eastern , a Central ...
... organization is being carried on in several other states . By 1915 at least thirty states will be holding contests if money can be secured for properly financing them . Four groups are now definitely organized : an Eastern , a Central ...
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... Organization . The organization of the Intercollegiate Peace Association has been a gradual development , and has undergone modifications to meet the changing conditions due to the considerable enlarge- ment of the territory embraced ...
... Organization . The organization of the Intercollegiate Peace Association has been a gradual development , and has undergone modifications to meet the changing conditions due to the considerable enlarge- ment of the territory embraced ...
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Page 32 - The crest and crowning of all good, Life's final star, is Brotherhood; For it will bring again to Earth Her long-lost Poesy and Mirth; Will send new light on every face, A kingly power upon the race. And till it come, we men are slaves, And travel downward to the dust of graves.
Page 79 - If it only slew men, it would do little. It turns man into a beast of prey. Here is the evil of war, that man, made to be the brother, becomes the deadly foe of his kind ; that man, whose duty it is to mitigate suffering, makes the infliction of suffering his study and end ; that man, whose office it is to avert and heal the wounds which come from nature's powers, makes researches into nature's laws, and arms himself with her most awful forces, that he may become the destroyer of his race.
Page 32 - Break the dead branches from the path: Our hope is in the aftermath — Our hope is in heroic men, Star-led to build the world again. To this Event the ages ran: Make way for Brotherhood — make way for Man.
Page 34 - Put off, put off your mail, ye kings, and beat your brands to dust, A surer grasp your hands must know, your hearts a better trust; Nay, bend aback the lance's point and break the helmet bar ; A noise is on the morning winds, but not the noise of war.
Page 174 - ... which are justiciable in their nature by reason of being susceptible of decision by the application of the principles of law or equity...
Page 97 - Social progress means a checking of the cosmic process at every step and the substitution for it of another, which may be called the ethical process; the end of which is not the survival of those who may happen to be the fittest, in respect of the whole of the conditions which obtain, but of those who are ethically the best.
Page xiii - God hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on the face of the earth...
Page 75 - We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious effort ; the man who never wrongs his neighbor ; who is prompt to help a friend ; but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life.
Page 67 - Tell me what are the prevailing sentiments that occupy the minds of your young men, and I will tell you what is to be the character of the next generation.
Page 54 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given ; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end...