Word: eras
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Era of Higher Art Coming...
...President then replied: "A new era of justice is dawning for Mexican workers, who have been oppressed for centuries. The Governments of Russia and Mexico have similar ideals-the uplifting of downtrodden classes and the betterment of the masses...
...therefore, with much chagrin that those who hoped for the new era have watched the ebb of conservatism recently manifested both in England and the United States. Its political display is regarded as a mere sign Behind the political movement is seen an almost universal revulsion away from liberal tendencies. Intellectual freedom is endangered. It is feared that thought and the arts will succumb to the dulling influence of bourgeois ideals. Once more Babbitt goes about his daily lasks in great glee. He rubs his hands and beams genially Popular approval has placed its divine sanction upon the trinity...
...candle as a source of illumination is to be celebrated by a bloze of (Edison) mazda lamps. It is always melancholy to witness the eclipse of the traditional, and consequently rather sentimental appurtenances of a passing age by the inventions of a more modern, more brilliantly practical era...
...time has come to put an end to the new era of the inquisition; and for that accomplishment Alfonso must go. I will know no rest until the country is free. I know the dangers I run. My family will be persecuted and my property seized, but I shall not falter. Whatever reputation I have acquired in literature and all my strength are at the service and for the deliverance of Spain...