Word: fondest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...What to us is the essence of romance would be to him the acme of the commonplace. A photographic description of the dullest incidents of daily life in the sordid haunts of civilization, on the other hand, would become to him a golden fairytale, a realization of all his fondest dreams, colored at once with reminiscence and with hope...
Again and again Mr. Monteux justifies the sometimes lavish praise which his admirers heap upon him; often he even exceeds their fondest hopes. This he did yesterday afternoon in the fifth Friday afternoon concert of the Symphony Orchestra...
Lastly, I fail to see wherein the record of West Point graduates during the World War is anything but highly honorable and creditable. In self-sacrifice and devotion to duty they stand ace-high. What of the officers who, against their fondest hopes but in keeping with their sense of duty, remained on this side to train thousands of reserve officers; the pupils went across while the teachers had to stay--because their work here was invaluable. What of the records of men like Goethals, Pershing, and hundreds of others less renowned but no less worthy...