Word: fester
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...character to express in music their less exalted passions and more vul- gar emotions. . . . He made possible such masterpieces of popular art as You Made Me Love You and That Old Black Mammy of Mine. The corrup- tion of the best too often becomes the worst; 'lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds...
Lilies that fester...
...possible that the Allied and Associated powers will not crush Prussian militarism now. Fear of economic instability may permit this far greater evil to fester once more in the heart of Europe. But the day of settlement can only be postponed--eventually the forces of light and darkness must clash in final conflict. Eventually this work must be finished...