Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Each religion has its keynote; that of Confucianism was order, of Zoroastrianism conflict, of Hinduism reality, and of Hebraism, holiness. Every religion is the idealism of the thought of the nation that brought it forth. Therefore to understand the religion of a nation one must study that nation's characteristics...
However far back we go in ancient tales and traditions, we find all of the characteristics of the short story given in unrivalled perfection. The modern short story writers, however, stand for a new movement because of their attempt to accomplish a certain end by taking a certain attitude. The...
Through natural poses and gestures the character of a person is often interpreted more clearly and accurately than through any other means; for emotions and feelings, which are to subtle for expression in words, may be shown in changes in the face and in the involuntary movements of the body...
Practically all Greek sculpture may be divided into these two classes: First, statues of persons whose minds and bodies are both at rest; second, statues of persons of whom either the minds are active and the bodies at rest or else both the minds and bodies active together. In the...
The style and character of his early novels is much the same; all infused with the same personality of the author, somewhat moody and sombre, with a tendency towards moralizing. Yet in all his writing is an undercurrent of hopefulness, of love for the good and beautiful, and of faith...