Word: fades
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...could retain the fervor and devotion that our young men displayed in the war, and which they would put forth again in a national crisis; if we could retain that spirit in the slow, hard labors of peace; if their exaltation should never fade in the light of common day, we could be the greatest people that ever dwelt upon the earth. This is not to be achieved by men's comparing themselves among themselves, or measuring themselves by an average standard; but by living up to the best they know and measuring themselves by their own highest aspiration...
Taking the ball as the opening whistle of the second half blew, Corey, the Syracuse first defence, went down almost single-handed and several seconds later caged the fourth Orange goal. From this time on the University attack seemed to fade and the visitors kept the ball in the Crimson territory most of the remaining time. Schmidt, French, and Peterson each scored on long shots from difficult angles...
...prospect of a hundred reels of pagentry may seem a little appalling to the jazz-fed younger generation. The historical problem of whether Washington's coat had three or four buttons on it will fade into insignificance beside the question whether Major Andre was betrayed into the hands of the Americans by a woman. "Why don't you speak for yourself, John?" will find it hard to compete with "You tell 'em, kid". Washington crossing the Delaware huddled in the stern-sheets of a Chesapeake sharpy, hardly cuts as magnificent a figure as he does in the famous painting...
...from the four corners of the earth, men and women tensed in a chaos that has engulfed the world. With a calm serenity lie goes to serve here as he has served at home, but his services are nothing. Doubt batters his firm beliefs until, contrasted with actuality they fade into shadows. There is but one path open to him if he is to serve these people he must mingle closely with them, living as they live until he knows their needs...
...question arises as to what these 'war poets' will do now in peace times. These men will fade into insignificance as time goes on. For such men the war was the great thing, and everything in the remainder of their lives will be an anti-climax. But the men who were poets before the war will come forward to the front rank. During the war these men wrote practically nothing, for 'poetry is an emotion recollected in tranquility.' And so the coming generation will be ripe for the writing of this retrospective poetry...