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...prices paid to the great singers. We know the tremendous cost of maintaining opera, or a symphony orchestra; and on the other hand, we hear about the fortune made by a clever writer of popular songs. Our basis of the value of music is for the most part two-fold: that of the popular brand of music, which we respect according to the amount of money it has made; and that of the other kind we indiscriminately term "classical," which we think to be best when we pay the most for it, like expensive articles of food. We have...
...conclusion, he declared that the United States has the two-fold duty of protecting its citizens, here and abroad, and lending its support to the side which justice and righteousness favor...
This is not to say that all the others are to be classed as "grinds." The term "grind" is, or ought to be, applied to the man whose interests are one-fold, whose mind is literally single-tracked. He fails to acquire the human element in culture. Of course, the scholar whose name appears on no University record besides this list and the Directory, may have varied tastes; the drama, or music, or attempting to create literature may be his humanizing hobbies. And the football player may be a grind as well as the scholar,--if he cannot see beyond...
...work of the ministry in the modern world is two-fold. It is, first, a task of inspiration and instruction. Here is a great mass of speculations and faiths which the modern world inherits which have to do with the nature of the Eternal Spirit and of the heart of man; with the problems of sin and suffering and ignorance and of what is to be the end of it all. On these great questions the minister speaks. Particularly as a Christian leader he endeavors to restate in the language of the moment, and from the world view...
Coach Haughton originally planned the series with a two-fold purpose. He desired that every man in college who had the inclination might have an opportunity to play the game, which is one of the best for physical discipline; and he further hoped, by stimulating greater interest in football, to develop more material for the University squad...