Word: enough
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Copley Society on Clarendon street, I heard strange things. A pacifist and an intellectual of distinction kept insisting that every canvas was wholly "theatrical," using the word in the most disparaging sense. Now it is not to be doubted that austerity in America is a quality rare enough to appear to be "ex machina." But seeing a miracle, to suppose that there must be pullies and cardboard is to be really suspicious and of small soul. A modern scientific mind noticed the utter lack of physical relation between the figures and their backgrounds. He felt a desire to warn...
...enough enrolments for the American Red Cross have been received and plans for a more energetic campaign are being made. In the Red Cross collections held among colleges throughout the country, the University ranks among the last. Accordingly the time for enrolling has been extended to November 25, and men wishing to join may enrol at the CRIMSON Building on Plympton street or in Weld 3, before that date...
...dawn of creation and it is still debated. The ancients looked with scorn on the man who lay long abed, while Homer said, "It does not become a man of counsel to sleep the whole night." The University of Salerno in Roman days declared; "To sleep seven hours is enough for either a young man or an old one." In more modern times we have the famous dictum of Napoleon: four hours sleep for a man, five for a woman and six for a fool. Thomas Edison believes we shall have time enough to sleep when...
...this Senator LaFontaine emphasized four points which, if carried out, would better the national and international relations of the United States and the other countries of the world. "For," an he said, "your country is not at present a true democracy, for your people do not take interest enough in foreign affairs...
...University is often--and bitterly--attacked for being the leader of educational reaction in America. There is just enough distorted truth in this charge to demand a refutation. Out accusers must necessarily answer this question: Is there at Harvard a corporate academic conservatism? And no unbiased observer could fail to answer this question in the negative. The root of all these charge lies in a dangerous misconception; It is assumed that because many students are of the conservative class. This is obviously ridiculous. The Status of a certain group of students can neither be caused be nor cause the intellectual...