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Word: doric (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Author: By F.c. BABBITT ., (SPECIAL ARTICLE FOR THE CRIMSON) | Title: F.C. BABBITT '91 SCORES AVERAGE STUDENT'S ATTITUDE | 10/7/1920 | See Source »

...perfected Doric temple, by means of its slightly curved lines and unequal spacings, produces the effect of a structure with straight lines and equal spacings, the truth of the imagination far surpassing the truth of reality; and a play of Sophocles or an ode of Pindar is a literary structure to which the same painstaking care has been given. But in translation the effect of all this delicate workmanship is irretrievably lost. He who is content to study the classics in translation alone will be content to regard as Doric temples the post-office buildings, with column drums slushed...

Author: By F.c. BABBITT ., (SPECIAL ARTICLE FOR THE CRIMSON) | Title: F.C. BABBITT '91 SCORES AVERAGE STUDENT'S ATTITUDE | 10/7/1920 | See Source »

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