Worthy aims and critiques of education in Wilberforce plan
A dense editorial fragment argues for the Wilberforce University project, urging reader support to fund education and culture. It notes government grants, appeals to sympathy for money, and stresses duty to prepare and use education for Zion and societal improvement. It reflects period tone and references religious and reformist aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion
America
Europe
Wiberforce — University
Wwe
Andlak Raison
Wilberforce
Tts
United States
M de Chase
Fiteteid
American Morals on Railroads and Race Politics in Louisiana
A critical essay denounces railroad monopolies and political corruption linked to them. It warns against a new party formed around racial lines, arguing civil rights must be granted freely and openly, not as party favors, and calls for unity across races for fair laws and equal rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Pyveresiall
Vernout
Coronrtions
FG. Holland
Northner
Louisianna
Matt. IL. Carpenter
Cobrel
New Orleans
Louisiana
Moreau’s
Ventigon
Republicusay
Biaenkins
Importance of Education in Religious Practice Narrowly Framed
A dense pro education essay argues education ranks next to godliness for clergy and ministers. It urges study of scripture and education as both science and art, stressing duty to self and community and the need to align learning with gospel work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukoad
Christ
Kpawle Lee
Leda
Amore
Wwe
Ocean Depths and Abyssal Geography Explored
The article explains varied estimates of ocean depths, noting depths of the Ballon, Lacaille, and other points. It discusses the uneven bottoms with mountains and plains, and imagines how dropping sea levels would reshape Mediterranean geography into separate basins and isthmuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cateu
Ballon
Lacaille
Lapelce
Athenie
South Sea
Pacific
Reclus
Mediterranean
Italy
Sicily
Africa
Dardanelles
Bosphorus
Gilbraltar
Atlantic Ocean
Adriatic
Trou Crete
Syrtes
Punctuality and Promise Keeping Emphasized
The article laments habitual broken promises and tardiness, urging strict punctuality in all dealings. It argues that reliability builds trust, naming unnamed individuals as examples and warning that failure to honor small obligations leads to damaged credibility and personal downfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acman
Physignomy and the Unreliability of Reading Faces
A critique argues that physiognomy misreads character, stressing how eye condition and user bias warp judgments of appearance. It notes couples misreading spouses and how first impressions fade, leaving questions about the mind’s portraits vs truth.
Misused motives in Christian virtue, a Robertson reflection
A passage cites F. W. Robertson on motives behind truth telling and virtue. It warns that praise, fear, or heaven as ends corrupt genuine integrity and describes true Christian aim as God for God's sake, goodness for its value, and truth for its beauty rather than reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Robertson
The Anthony Verdict on Voting Rights and State Power
Judge Hunt rules that the state, not the United States, decides who may vote under the 14th Amendment. He cites Corfield v. Carey and notes that voting rights arise from state constitutions, not federal citizenship, with federal protection only for prohibitions on race or servitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Hunt
Miss Anthony
United States
The
Stac
U. S
United
Corfield
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FOI Caen
Propree
Phe
Winterforce Uniyversity
of the
Harper's Magazine
Halls Journal of Health
Charles Lamb
Andee D. Waite
Moyyerer
SPA
Laos
Charest Sclieeeap
Vuk Oulan
Anthony
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