Word: brained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...noses to the grindstone, bound by invisible chains of duty of business and to family, to a daily routine that is cramping to the soul, that is fatal to any complete comprehension of the significance of things. Because his life is so often narrow, because he usually tires his brain so much in doing one thing that he has no appreciation of what are commonly called the fine arts, the t. b. m. is considered unfortunate...
...that degree he commands attention. Brain and pen may not in the end justify the attention he commands, but he gets it to begin with, which is so much to the good. Even though the metal prove base, the mint-mark, at the least, helps to an introduction...
...usually spoken of in (shall I be conservative and say) neutral terms. Therefore my mind has a vague, ghostlike, untrue conception of a creature stamped "Harvard man" I fully realize how absurd my idea is, yet an idea is an idea and when it is stamped on the brain, well, it is bound to cling more or less. I really an scared I might get a Harvard mannerism, to be definite, and that is why Cambridge is taboo land...
Just as the royal order was never rescinded, so has the ancient command of erstwhile days become lodged in the realm of perpetual watchful waking. Those who cherish a generous hope that succeeding generations may be spared the matutinal proclamation--abandon such wanton waste of brain energy! For as long as royal decrees survive, and until the initiative spirit of the outside world has penetrated the venerable customs of antiquity, the inane din will continue to destroy precious Senior slumber...
...plenty, but none carries a rhythm that lends itself to memory; several start out promisingly enough, but after the first few bars, falter and lapse into inconsequential airs. Notwithstanding this handicap, however, which is quite offset by a wealth of Billy Van comedy, the piece provides a non-brain taxing, enjoyable evening. And as for the French joke on the red card,--something not new but done in a different way,--it must be heard to be appreciated...