Word: dismissiveness
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Again, realism ceases to be art when it acts so strongly on our nerves that we cannot dismiss its images at pleasure...
...telegram did not reach the Railroad Superintendent whose office was closed while he was at supper. When the train go to Columbus no one had heard of a special train. Again the mildest natures had a chance to say their bluest words. There was no hing to do but dismiss the audience by telegram and continue on the regular train. This the club did and at eleven o'clock, a dejected, disgusted, worn-out crowd dragged their baggage through the dingy station and out into the smoky night. At he Burnet House, a Harvard graduate was waiting to take...
...upon the broad expanse of life with its wonderful activity and its astonishing achievements, he cannot but remark how each man is compelled to follow one line of business or profession and so keep on in a narrow channel. Now this is the very idea that we must dismiss from our minds and it is the very principle that will mar the noblest minds. No such opinion prevails in a true university. "For if a university stands for anything it stands for the development of the full man, of large character and with sympathies bound up with an intense interest...
...consideration of the freshman game, Professor Briggs has kindly consented to dismiss English A at 12.45 today, and will begin his lecture promptly...
Professor Bartlett was yesterday again compelled to dismiss German 1a before the usual time on account of the darkness of Sever...