Word: canst
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...radio two Sundays ago issued sounds of a wind machine and the voice of an actor impersonating God: Shall he who contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? . . . Wilt thou disannul my judgment, Job? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? . . . Hast thou an arm like God, Job? Canst thou thunder with a voice like...
...Thou canst not be lodged here...
...days when young people learned memory-gems, instead of knock-knocks, there was one which comes to mind today- "Judge not . . . the working of his inmost heart thou canst not see. What seems to our dim eyes a flaw may only be a scar, brought from some well fought field where we would only faint and yield...
...Jenkins appeared in flame-colored velvet, with yellow ringlets piled high on her head. For a starter she picked Brahms' Die Mainacht, subtitled on her gilt program as "O singer, if thou canst not dream, leave this song unsung." Mrs. Jenkins could dream if she could not sing. With her hands clasped to her heart she passed on to Vergebliches Standchen, which she had labeled "The Serenade in Vain...
...bunched all Tammany's local candidates. Judged by the applause of 21,000 Democrats, Al Smith was the evening's favorite. For an old-fashioned flaying of the G. 0. P. he took as his text: ''Give an account of the stewardship, for now thou canst be steward no longer." The Smith speech was liberally sprinkled with: "Listen to this-it's a hot tamale! . . . Let's look at the record. . . . Then what happened? . . . Now get this!" Governor Roosevelt concluded his last major address: "The millions of unchronicled heroes who, by self-denial...