Daniel Coit Gilman: First President of the Johns Hopkins University, 1876-1901Johns Hopkins Press, 1908 - 55 pages A part of the Duke Medical Center Library History of Medicine Ephemera Collection. |
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... qualities possessed by Mr. Gilman . He was forty - four years old when elected to the presi- dency . That he had made a strong impression on the leaders in the educational world of that day is strikingly shown by the fact that , when ...
... qualities possessed by Mr. Gilman . He was forty - four years old when elected to the presi- dency . That he had made a strong impression on the leaders in the educational world of that day is strikingly shown by the fact that , when ...
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... qualities that were not called for at the beginning being brought into play . One word more . For reasons that did not seem to his colleagues adequate , he decided most unexpectedly to withdraw from the presidency of the University ...
... qualities that were not called for at the beginning being brought into play . One word more . For reasons that did not seem to his colleagues adequate , he decided most unexpectedly to withdraw from the presidency of the University ...
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... qualities possessed by Mr. Gilman in an unusual degree . A sound and discriminat- ing judgment in respect to men ; wide and varied intellectual tastes , interests , and sympathies ; resource- fulness of suggestion in practical things ...
... qualities possessed by Mr. Gilman in an unusual degree . A sound and discriminat- ing judgment in respect to men ; wide and varied intellectual tastes , interests , and sympathies ; resource- fulness of suggestion in practical things ...
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... qualities of leadership which had served the University so well since its founda- tion , the same wisdom in the selection of the staff , the same sagacity in counsel , the same power of organization , the same inspiring optimism , the ...
... qualities of leadership which had served the University so well since its founda- tion , the same wisdom in the selection of the staff , the same sagacity in counsel , the same power of organization , the same inspiring optimism , the ...
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... qualities all these but they are marred in some men by a self - seeking spirit which regards all praise of others as an encroachment on vested rights . No man so utterly free as was he from envy and jealousy . He rejoiced in the ...
... qualities all these but they are marred in some men by a self - seeking spirit which regards all praise of others as an encroachment on vested rights . No man so utterly free as was he from envy and jealousy . He rejoiced in the ...
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Page 1121 - LORD, thou hast been our refuge, from one generation to another. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made, thou art GOD from everlasting, and world without end.
Page 1122 - But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery. And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.
Page 1123 - GOD, whose days are without end, and whose mercies cannot be numbered ; make us, we beseech thee, deeply sensible of the shortness and uncertainty of human life ; and let thy holy Spirit lead us through this vale of misery, in holiness and righteousness, all the days of our lives : that, when we shall have served thee in our generation, we may be gathered unto our fathers, having the testimony of a good conscience ; in the communion of the...
Page 1124 - And we also bless Thy holy Name, for all Thy servants, who, having finished their course in faith, do now rest from their labours. And we yield unto Thee most high praise and hearty thanks, for the wonderful grace and virtue declared in all Thy Saints, who have been the choice vessels of Thy grace, and the lights of the world in their several generations...
Page 1124 - O Lord, support us all the day long of this troublous life, until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done. Then in Thy mercy grant us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last.
Page 1122 - But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the Most High. Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord's hand : for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them.
Page 1137 - ... less misery among the poor, less ignorance in the schools, less bigotry in the temple, less suffering in the hospital, less fraud in business, less folly in politics...
Page 1124 - ... transitory life are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity. And we also bless thy holy Name, for all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear ; beseeching thee to give us grace so to follow their good examples, that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom. Grant this, O Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our only Mediator and Advocate.
Page 1123 - That, when we shall have served thee in our generation, we may be gathered unto our fathers, having the testimony of a good conscience ; in the communion of the catholic Church ; in the confidence of a certain faith ; in the comfort of a reasonable, religious, and holy hope ; in favour with thee our God, and in perfect charity with the world.
Page 1134 - O strong soul, by what shore Tarriest thou now ? For that force, Surely, has not been left vain ! Somewhere, surely, afar, In the sounding labor-house vast Of being, is practised that strength, Zealous, beneficent, firm...