Word: cures
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mechanical--but mechanically imperfect--treatment of Franck's Symphonic Variations by Steven Lubin '63 suggests that perhaps venturing away from musically established works might cure these soloists of their apparent boredom. There are at least two reasonable interpretations of this load of Franck schmaltz: one can play it through straight-forwardly, or one can indulge in a bit of lingering and slavering. Given my preference for the latter, I found Lubin's performance flat and cold. However, neither preference calls for an overly heavy bass, unclear technical display, a constantly underfed melody, and brusquely punctuated phrases; though Mr. Lubin provided...
Physically, James "took the cure" at the baths of Teplitz. Academically, he obtained it in Dresden, Berlin, and Heidelberg where he studied under Du Bois, Reymond, Virchow, and Helmholtz. And for his spiritual malaise he subsituted at moments what he called "a sort of inward serenity and joy in living, derived from reading Goethe and Schiller...
...other thoughts'--need be the definition of an illusion. At any rate, I will assume for the present--until next year--that it is no illusion. My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will." Renouvier had provided James with an efficacious remedy, but the cure was by no means instantancous. Only very slowly did enthusiasm and buoyancy become dominant...
...that of any positivist. But, in addition to the demand for rigor, it stresses man's freedom and ultimate moral responsibility. If it were not for his optimism, one might call James an existentialist. And the optimistic style did not come easily. With it James sought to encourage, to cure and rejuvenate--none other so much as himself...
Babies born with transposition of the great vessels-the aorta where the pulmonary artery ought to be, and vice versa -now face a problem for which there is no true cure. Why not cut out the baby's heart, ask the Stanford men. turn it around and sew it back so that the two sides of the heart exchange jobs...