There
is no better test of character than the estimate in which one is held in his own neighborhood, city, or state, among his immediate friends and associates.
The
student of the philosophy of history looks behind the incidents, the phenomena, of the world's progress, to find in the mental attitude the trend of thought which has dominated the people, and especially the leadership of a given period, the final and sufficient explanation of historic movements and events.
The
significance of our Lord's injunction is to be determined largely by our understanding of its concluding phrase, and the inference is more than suggested that we have not been in the habit of regarding our neighbor's interests in the same way that we have our own.
In
this distinctly utilitarian age, it is not surprising that the question of practical value should be promptly presented to every progressive idea claiming recognition and approval
