Word: clergyman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...life in a foolhardy experiment to find a spotted-fever serum, there is not much left of Green Light except the sediment of kindergarten metaphysics which gave the book its mass appeal. In the picture, this sediment is represented by Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Dean Harcourt, a strangely overwrought clergyman who, when the other characters come to him for counsel, expounds to them his naïve conception of human affairs. "I like to think of civilization as a parade," he observes, making the point that mass destiny is more important than the fate of the individual. Somewhere else among...
...small-town father was allowed to grow naturally out of the story. In Fulton of Oak Falls it seems necessary for other members of the cast to butter him incessantly with such adjectives as "good," "gentle," "saintly," "grand" and "steady." He tells his next-door neighbor, a clergyman, that he was in love when he was young, that the girl went to Heaven, that although he has carried on as a good citizen, churchgoer and family man, his memories are what he cherishes most. "I never understood you until now," says the clergyman...
...telescope. He has made so many ship models (more than 100) that his wife is hard put to find room for them.. . Born in Philadelphia nearly 70 years ago as a bank president's son, he became interested in astronomy at the age of 10 when a clergyman told him the Greek legends of the constellations. He attended Eastburn Academy, took night courses in architecture and engineering at Franklin Institute, worked in a medical laboratory and an engraving shop, studied art for three years, still does some work with watercolor and oils. Another of his interests is growing...
...part does hereby become the lawful wedded wife of the party of the second part, and the party of the second part becomes the lawful husband of the party of the first part; all to the same effect and extent as if their marriage had been solemnized before a clergyman or proper magistrate...
...looking member of the outfit" was not in the U. S. Service; no officer would relish making such an impression. It was an expression of thought on the part of one man during the Boston Police Strike, when he did not know that this particular motorcycle cop was a clergyman, likewise, and indicated his surprise in finding a parson armed with a .45 and doing that job. Second, while true that I have not had the honor to meet the First Citizen of this country and the most distinguished parishioner at St. Thomas' Church, you are quite in error...