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...profound nature of the work as a whole, the optimistic Protestant conception of a blessed eternity for the righteous is the essence of its spirit. The terror of the Day of Judgment is followed by the defeat of Death, and even such despair as that of the second movement, "Behold, all flesh is as the grass," gives way to rejoicing in the happy fate of "the redeemed of the Lord...
...were two of the world's most unappreciated geniuses. I had never heard more of Gibbs than his name, and was casting about in my mind to know how to get the best slant on him in the least time and with the most efficient method. Lo and behold: TIME'S Gibbs article [TIME, Feb. 20], for which my personal thanks. This is service with a vengeance...
...From this chamber the Ambassador was directed through a short, narrow tunnel into a huge, copper-lined elevator outfitted with ten comfortable leather seats. The elevator ascended a shaft bored through the heart of the mountain for 400 feet. At the top M. François-Poncet emerged to behold the new eyrie of Germany's strange, solitary master...
...general effect of the college boards is double. On the one hand, it forces the student to view his pre-college training as a series of hurdles to be leapt before he falls into the green pastures of a university. But lo and behold! once alighted he will discover that University Hall urges the mature student, through the general exam and tutorial systems, to see college as another series of jumps, climaxing in one big water hazard at the end. This conception of hurdles, series, and incessant academic strife seems at bottom false, an example of the commercialization of learning...
When Jesus was born . . . behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the East, and are come to worship him. . . . They departed, and, lo, the star, which they saw in the East, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. . . . They presented unto him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh...