Sections 1 A discoursive rehearsal of certain incidents of modern life will show the organic relation… 2 Something has been said in an earlier chapter as to the influence which pecuniary standards… 3 The sporting or gambling temperament, then, comprises some of the substantial psychological… 4 There is a relationship in this respect between the sporting temperament and the temperament… 5 This intimate relation between athletics and devout observance among college men is a fact… 6 All this seems to argue, on the one hand, that the same temperament inclines people to… 7 The barbarian conception of the divinity, as a warlike chieftain inclined to an overbearing… 8 As seen from the point of view of the later economic exigencies, devoutness is, perhaps in… 9 The most obvious economic bearing of these observances is seen in the devout consumption of… 10 It will be to the point, however, to note the general economic character of devout… 11 It may be remarked, parenthetically, that secular holidays are of the same origin, by… 12 Besides this tithe of vicarious leisure levied on the laity, there are also special classes… 13 The priest should not put his hand to mechanically productive work; but he should consume in… 14 A doubt will present itself as to the full legitimacy of this characterization of the… 15 Few if any members of any body of clergy, it may be added, would avowedly seek an increase… 16 It is further to be noticed that the non-conforming sects and variants whose priesthood is… 17 It may not appear without reflection how these devout observances and the peculiarity of… 18 In the older communities of the European culture, the hereditary leisure class, together… 19 After making due allowance for exceptions and sporadic departures from the normal, the… 20 This peculiar sexual differentiation, which tends to delegate devout observances to the… 21 Still the men of this class are also not devoid of piety, although it is commonly not piety… 22 As regards the wealthier class of the North, the American leisure class in the best sense of… 23 There is a reversion to the use of colored lights and brilliant spectacles, a freer use of… 24 The causes to which this pecuniary stratification of devoutness is due have already been… 25 It appears, then, that the devout habit of mind attains its best development under a…
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