Word: delightful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rose throws her garlands for delight...
Human beings take delight in any semblance of external unity. Chambers of Commerce, Rotary Clubs, Fraternal Organizations are convenient heads under which to submerge individual differences and man uses them to the full extent of their powers. Christians are no exception to this rule, and the ultimate hope of most christians is that some day there may be a universal church...
...some, "Lord Raingo" may appear a magnificent exposition of realism. But it is a case of homeopathic remedy administered in an allopathic dose. Mr. Bennett definitely crosses the line where realism merges into tautological flatulence. Elegence of style, felicity of phrase, restraint, suggestion these prerequisites to delight in reading, all are submerged in an ocean of microcosms, and uninteresting ones at that...
...golf clubs and tennis racquets with him, and in his schedule he has allowed time for meeting students of the various institutions which he visits on the links and on the squash and tennis courts. In a recent lever from an English resort, the Lord Bishop expresses great delight at having devoted seven hours of the previous day to fishing, and having caught four salmon...
...holiday. Of course one could suggest that remembrance of anyone is not necessarily the mental pleasure of a day that this time could be with profit, added to Christmas vacation. But few would agree. One must honor one's ancestors, and a slay without classes is such a true delight...