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...Life for the Occidental is rarely "a prolonged sacrament"-the description of the life of the Indian given in Mr. Loo's catalogue. Hindu and Buddhist art, arising from intense spiritual concentration, assumed symbolic forms and sectarian twists that only long study can clarify. U.S. amateurs can merely distinguish between Hindu art (oddly vital) and Buddhist art (oddly serene...
...objectors not to serve in the Armed Forces. We cannot then refuse them the right not to participate in a compulsory registration designed primarily to provide men for those Armed Forces. The British as a matter of fact recognize this right, and they have apparently found it possible to distinguish between draft dodgers and genuine pacifists. We might do well to learn from our ally...
...Fifth symphony,--"Beethoven's liveliest symphony, with victory emphasized throughout"--and was inclined to consider this more a flattery than otherwise. That the jazz boys need this increasing recourse to the hoary classics at all is a sad commentary on something or other, but by their choice they usually distinguish whatever symphonic music they intend to massacre as having unusual structural or melodic strength, and the Fifth is no exception. respect for the marvelous clarity and controlled exuberance of this symphony has out ridden many interpretative storms from the "Fate-knocking-on-the-door" theorists' down to the present...
...sine qua non of popular criticism of the government, and we would be denying ourselves one of the most valuable features of the American inheritance if we restricted it beyond the immediate requirement of military censorship. But during an all-out war such as this one, we must distinguish between healthy, constructive criticism, and poisonous, Axis-Inspired propaganda. We are not engaged in a local tussle with across-the-border riffraff, nor is this a Caribbean intervention inspired by dollar diplomats. It is a world war in a completely literal sense, and we are losing it. The smug politicians...
...growing rift between what is pleasant to listen to and what is skilfully written. Nevertheless, standards are a practical necessity if you want to get as much as possible out of any one type of music and tolerance can reach a point where it is hard to distinguish from indifference. The critic should feel free to pan what he personally dislikes and praise the rest, and the fact of his having the job should be a guarantee that he tries to understand and appreciate the solid values in every period, form, and style, and not to plug for the kind...