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...inherited mediaeval civilization of New England dried up, leaving behind a sweet, acrid aroma ... when in the act of passing away, the Puritan begot the transcendentalist." Emerson, Thorean, and Whitman rediscovered the treasure house of the past and envisioned a new culture, based on the old ideas moulded afresh, by contact with forest...
...present Nora has served to demonstrate that a chimpanzee deprived of its ovaries can be 'regulated' afresh if one grafts in her the ovaries of a woman, which proves the close relationship between the higher apes and ourselves, since our organs are interchangeable. I therefore have reason to say that the higher apes constitute a station of spare [exchange] parts for the human machine...
...turn towards the future as relieved as the player who gets a new lease of life after the loaded bases have been emptied by a timely home-run into the right-field bleachers after a long period of suspense. Now we face a new batter and can stand afresh. We have a fine opportunity in the rally tonight to warm up our voices in preparation for a thorough workout in the Bowl tomorrow. Yale Daily News...
...drawing lots. Several white pebbles and one black pebble are put in a pot or hat. The players draw one pebble each in turn, without looking. Drawing the black pebble puts a player out of the game, when all pebbles are returned to the receptacle and drawing begins afresh among the survivors. The tension of the drawing between the last two players in a good game is "frazzling" to the nerves...
...warns me. My blood speaks! I must listen to my blood." Thus Signor Mussolini is wont to explain the promptings of his extraordinary political intuition- promptings which he has ever translated into action with disconcerting speed. Last week these sanguinary omens may be presumed to have fired his brain afresh. While most Italians slept he harangued a meeting of all but one of his ministers. By morning a sheaf of Cabinet decrees were issued which bade fair to alter the whole course of daily life in Italy. Decrees. I. Italian employers are empowered at once and until further notice...