Word: attainment
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...unless the ways of Heidelberg inns have sadly changed, the twenty predecessors of Karl Heinrich. The other parts went with varying degrees of competence; the chorus of students scarcely needed to believe itself German; and if Mr. Barnes-Hochberg's prince lacked romantic illusion--a very difficult thing to attain and one that very few of the impersonators of Karl Heinrich have gained--the speeches and the episodes that the play gives him helps to bring it. Slowness of pace was the short-coming, almost inevitable with a foreign tongue that made momentary gaps and let the interest...
...Copeland delivered his lecture on "Extemporaneous Speaking," in the Dining Room of the Union yesterday evening. Mr. Copeland commenced his remarks by observing that speaking is an art to master which requires infinite labor and, in addition, is one in which to attain proficiency, an original gift is an additional necessity...