Word: fervor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...defiance of the Rabbi, and then at the last became physically uncomfortable over her anguish at Hartwell's well-acted deatn. Her appeals, her sobs, her despair, were surprisingly effective. It would be easy to go on commending: the solicitude of Gregov, as played by O. Lyding '09; the fervor of Ussishkof as acted by J. A. Eccles '10; the naturalness of Chayim in the hands of G. D. Marti '12, the sonorous vim of the Rabbi in the voice of D. Gardiner 2L.; and the pleasant unction of Sir James Wingate in the smile of E. A. Bemis...
...that on which our forefathers fed keeps up the continuity of the stock. The methods of Mr. Norton were superbly out of date in our specialistic time. He saw in the Fine Arts the embodiment of man's deepest and most durable ideals; and with almost a religious fervor he brought these to bear on every aspect of the petty and careless life around him. He has been a preacher of reverence to a headlong age. And if sometimes a despairing note has been heard in his voice, it has been perhaps a necessary corrective of overconfident America...
...rescue from maltreatment and ruin of "Harvard House" at Stratford-on-Avon, the home of John Harvard's mother. Miss Corelli was largely instrumental in the purchase of the house by Mr. Morris, who has recently presented it to the University; and she tells her story with much fervor...
...Connor rendered Ingersoll's "Speech at Cincinnati" with a restrained and sonorous delivery that gave the selection added impressiveness. The extract From "Henry Esmond," by S. A. Welldon was spoken with unusual dramatic fervor and clearness of enunciation...
...meeting of the Religious Union last night Professor James spoke on "The Ascetic Life." Asceticism, he said, is out of fashion today, even in the Catholic Church. It is the result of deep religious feeling. Religious fervor affects people in different ways; creating cheerfulness in some lives, while to other it gives a negative gloominess the expression of which takes the form of asceticism...