Word: details
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Says Author Faÿ: "The secret of Franklin was his memory and his shrewd cleverness. It was easy for him to recall the slightest detail of even distant events, and he had a plan for everything." In spite of his careful creed of moderation, Ben was "cheerful and fond of good living, a hearty drinker and a good story teller." Also, though Author Faÿ does not labor the point, Ben had little saintliness in his blood: in 1785 he had a great-grandson, the illegitimate son of the illegitimate son of his illegitimate son. Author Faÿ, ironic...
...technicality which would tax the understanding of more modern seafarers, Stanford nevertheless brings to the pages of his novel a real tang of the sea. His straightforward style, carries forward a tale spread over several years, without omitting anything but unessentials. Compactly, tersely worded, with excellent selection of detail, "Invitation to Danger" has not a single wasted chapter or paragraph...
With many a meticulous detail he listed Navy needs: 1) more ships, especially cruisers; 2) more Navy pay; 3) more enlisted men; 4) adjustment of officers' promotion, distribution, retirement provisions...
These are all points of factual detail, but the treatment given them in your article is not such as will inspire confidence that the second question called for an essay on the July Monarchy, but it is clear to me from his further remarks, that he understood this to mean that he was to write the history of the July Monarchy in twenty minutes. His estimate of my judgment seems to be desperately low, but let that pass. My real purpose was to find out what the members of the course would say about the July. Monarchy if they...
...might have been supposed, this subject requires quite an extensive study of the evidences from zoological classification, embryology, paleontology, and geographical distribution of both the ancient and the present relations of man. This is done in Anthropology A without requiring too much detail which would be boring as well as more difficult. On the whole, the lectures are interesting and even amusing to some, while the reading includes selections from such authorities as Darwin and Neman, both of which are well worth while and not too technical...