Word: exalts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...worker and still less frequently in that of the creative artist, it being an attribute of genius to be ahead of its own day and generation. Assuming that the chief works of Beethoven have stood the test of time, have retained their power to quicken and to exalt, and waiving the aspersions of those extremists who consider Beethoven "vieux jeu"--his achievements soon to be engulfed in the rising tide of "modernity"--let us indulge in, some reflections as to the reasons for the unshaken hold in public esteem which Beethoven as a character enjoys and for the reverent admiration...
...that point they turn on Siercy, who was sadly dished in the first place, and they transform him into a bounder. Incapable of carrying further what they have called Romance, they revile and belittle and finally pity it. They send Siercy away in shabby disgrace and exalt dull William Henry into a nobly understanding husband who mutters modestly about his part in the Great War. It is anything but fair, yet it builds into a formidable argument for the Grundies, the defeatists...
...ridiculousness of Abie's Irish Rose is forsaken for the sublimity of saintliness. Therefore, the lines are written in blank verse, a special musical accompaniment is provided to exalt them still higher. Unfortunately, the play, weighted down by heavy-handed craftsmanship and uninspired poetry, ascends to nothing loftier than pompous platitudinousness. Specimen of the verse: "a magnificent flood of mothers' milk." Sam Abramovitch might as logically have been Hans Schneidewind but for the local box office...
...captivating lady who prefers South Africa with a masterful Scotch lover to England with a member of the British Cabinet, even though the latter happens to be her lawful, wedded husband. Into this little triangle, Sir Patrick has thrown a few chips of bright dialog, but hardly enough to exalt his play above dangerous mediocrity. Rosalinde Fuller tosses about in the role of devastating Mary Denvers with a jerkiness that irritates in spite of her sincerity. Before visiting these shores, Scotch Mist hung over London with moderate success...
...project it into the field of taxation, for example. Oh, no, not at all! Men may be equal in their capacity to govern, but not for one moment do we hold them equal in their ability to earn and in their ability to pay. In other words, we exalt the common man so far is his shared in the control of government is concerned, but when it comes to liquidating the cast of this control well, at that point the common man seems to have all interest in the philosophy of Jeterson and Rensseau...