Word: croce
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Premier Mussolini has allowed the aristocratic Senate to continue its obedient, decorative existence, even though some of its functions have been assumed by the Council. About 95% of the Senators are now Fascists. The 5% who are antiFascists (like Benedetto Croce, the philosopher) know enough to stay away...
...because the Academicians at Stockholm like to strike a delicate balance between diplomacy and recognition of literary merit. Once it decided that Italy was due for an award, the Nobel Prize Committee was of necessity limited in its choice to four men: Poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, Estheticist Benedetto Croce, Historian Guglielmo Ferrero, Playwright Pirandello. Drama lovers the world over were highly pleased at the final selection...
...True Cross, which was evidently made of pine, Paris' Notre Dame, Rome's St. Peter's and Santa Croce and a monastery at Reichenau, Germany each claim large fragments. The Three Nails, according to Catholic authorities, are represented today by some 30 enshrined at Rome, Venice, Aix-la-Chapelle, Madrid, Trier, Nuremberg, Prague, Paris, Milan and Monza. A lance thought to be the one with which Longinus, Roman centurion, pierced Christ's side while he hung on the cross, is preserved at St. Peter's. Unduplicated anywhere outside of St. Peter's is Veronica...
...liberty exists in fascist Italy," continued Salvemini. "Toscanini is beaten in Milan for refusing to play the fascist anthem. Ferrero, the historian, lives in exile in Geneva. And Croce is grossly insulted for uttering sentiments displeasing to the fascists while lecturing at Oxford. Today he can not write on political topics...
...certainly not left untouched during the reading period. Many books are needed which the house library does not possess, but are reserved in the Widener reading room. The early closing naturally limits the volume and distribution of readers at this time: for example, there is only one copy of Croce's History of Nineteenth Century Europe available for a large course. The unlimited reading in History and Government is, of course, especially affected...