I had a straight talk with the leaders and told them they must do something. In a short time this notice appeared on the bulletin board: 'Come to the Meeting of the Young American Social and Political Club, Dennis O'Sullivan, President; Abraham Browsky, Vice-President.' That,"answered Riis, "is my way of teaching civics." And it is a way we should not neglect to follow. (Text.)—The American College.
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Civilization—See Knowledge Values.
Civilization Advancing—See Advancement,
Rapid.
CIVILIZED MAN AND SAVAGE
A savage who had been shipwrecked in a
river may note certain things which serve
him as signs of danger in the future. But
civilized man deliberately makes such signs;
he sets up in advance of wreckage warning
buoys, and builds lighthouses where he sees
signs that such events may occur. A savage
reads weather signs with great expertness;
civilized man institutes a weather service by
which signs are artificially secured and information
is distributed in advance of the
appearance of any signs that could be detected
without special methods. A savage
finds his way skilfully through a wilderness
by reading certain obscure indications; civilized
man builds a highway which shows the
road to all. The savage learns to detect the
signs of fire and thereby to invent methods
of producing flame; civilized man invents
permanent conditions for producing light and
heat just whenever they are needed.—John
Dewey, "How We Think."
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CLAIM, GOD'S
When the late Earl Cairns was a little boy
he heard three words which made a memorable
impression upon him, "God claims
you." Then came the question, "What am I
going to do with the claim?" He answered,
"I will own it, and give myself to God." He
went home and told his mother, "God claims
me." At school and college his motto was,
"God claims me." As a member of Parliament,
and ultimately as lord chancellor, it
was still, "God claims me." When he was
appointed lord chancellor he was teacher of a
large Bible class, and his minister, thinking
that now he would not have time to devote
to that purpose, said to him, "I suppose you
will now require to give up your class?"
"No," was the reply, "I will not; God claims
me." (Text.)
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Clamor versus Balance—See Confidence.
CLASSICS, STUDY OF
If I could have my way, every young man
who is going to be a newspaper man, and
who is not absolutely rebellious against it,
should learn Greek and Latin after the good
old fashion. I had rather take a young fellow
who knows the Ajax of Sophocles, and
who has read Tacitus, and can scan every
ode of Horace; I would rather take him
to report a prize-fight or a spelling-match,
for instance, than to take one who has never
had those advantages.—Charles A. Dana.
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CLEANLINESS
At Minot's Ledge lighthouse all "bright
work" must be cleaned every morning—lens,
lamps, etc. So also all inside copper pots
and tin-pans. The inspector comes every
three months unannounced, and is handed by
the keeper a white linen towel or napkin,
and he goes over these bright things. Then
he enters the item in his diary: "Service
napkin not soiled."
A man should live such a cleanly
moral life that nothing around him can
suffer pollution as he uses it. (Text.)
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Cleansing—See Purity of Associations.
Cleansing a Necessity—See Discipline
from Change.
Cleansing by Agitation—See Discipline
from Change.
CLEANSING, DIFFICULTY OF
It is impossible for the guilty soul to emancipate itself from the consciousness of sin. Dr. Seedham-Green, in his work on "The Sterilization of the Hands," proves the absolute impossibility of cleansing the hands from bacteria:
Simple washing with soap and hot water,
with use of sand or marble dust, however
energetically done, does not materially diminish
the number of microbes; the mechanical
purification is practically useless.
Turpentine, benzoline, xylol, alcoholic disinfection,
and various antiseptics equally fail
to render the hands surgically clean. (Text.)
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