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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... tion . If our leader had been meddlesome , narrow- minded , unsympathetic , without tact , and dictatorial , our work could not have flourished . He was , in fact , broad - minded to a remarkable degree ; he was sym- pathetic ; he had ...
... tion . If our leader had been meddlesome , narrow- minded , unsympathetic , without tact , and dictatorial , our work could not have flourished . He was , in fact , broad - minded to a remarkable degree ; he was sym- pathetic ; he had ...
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... tion , and the name is not likely to be as lavishly bestowed in the future as in the past . There are fair - weather leaders who in stormy times fail . Our leader was sorely tested by storms . The time came when the very existence of ...
... tion , and the name is not likely to be as lavishly bestowed in the future as in the past . There are fair - weather leaders who in stormy times fail . Our leader was sorely tested by storms . The time came when the very existence of ...
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... tion of whatever appeared to mark a forward movement , his rejoicing in the welfare of the University , helped to make easy what might have been a most difficult path . His withdrawal from the service was complete . If his successor ...
... tion of whatever appeared to mark a forward movement , his rejoicing in the welfare of the University , helped to make easy what might have been a most difficult path . His withdrawal from the service was complete . If his successor ...
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... tion , and to the interests of higher education in this country , during the twenty - five years ' administration of its first President , have received universal acknowledg ment . We recall with admiration the sagacity with which he ...
... tion , and to the interests of higher education in this country , during the twenty - five years ' administration of its first President , have received universal acknowledg ment . We recall with admiration the sagacity with which he ...
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... tion and comradeship ; rejoicing in the successful work or the well - won honor of one of his colleagues to use the word which he always applied to those subordinate to him as heartily as though the work or the reward had been his own ...
... tion and comradeship ; rejoicing in the successful work or the well - won honor of one of his colleagues to use the word which he always applied to those subordinate to him as heartily as though the work or the reward had been his own ...
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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...