Word: forgottenness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...practical friend whom I esteem, had long since ceased to satisfy me that he still existed on this mundane sphere. But you induced me to take advantage of the offer to make a gift of TIME. So I sent you the name of my esteemed friend. I had almost forgotten the effect of your persuasiveness, until I received a letter the other day. TIME had resurrected the lost. Allow me to quote from the letter of my friend : . . . "I get a great deal of enjoyment out of reading TIME each week as it comes in. It is just the thing...
...dead! To the shame of our country, La France whom he served as Deputy and Senator for 35 years, I tell you now that M. Monis is alive, but destitute. . . ." The Premier told then of how he had found M. Monis, now 81, living in a wretched single room, forgotten, barely able to keep alive by the pittance he earned as a broken-down lawyer's clerk. "Think! A clerk," said M. Poinaré. "Remember that in his day Antoine Monis was among the great lawyers of France, that is to say of all the world. . . . "Messieurs...
...what pictures money can buy honestly. Kind-hearted President Taft once had to come to Mr. Macfadden's aid to spare him two years of hard labor for an article on "Growing to Manhood." But since then the latitude permitted "educational" matter has increased and Mr. Macfadden has doubtless forgotten the $2,000 fine he paid in the dismal dawn of this porno-glorious century...
...idea is certainly novel and is educational. I could not answer all of the questions but knowledge gained will not soon be forgotten...
...tragedy of actors (and playwrights too) is the fickleness of the populace. Today's idol may be tomorrow's rubbish. In Trelawny the downfall of the old timers is the essential motif. But in the revival the audience showed that it had not forgotten its old favorites. John Drew (Vice Chancellor), now 73, was cheered mightily when he first looked from behind his newspaper in the second act. Mrs. Whiffen, 83, a nice old lady, was greeted with prolonged applause. The world still loves its illusions...