Word: forgottenness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hindenburg has become a forgotten myth, since he has entered the political field. The staunchest of Germany's militarists, the victor of Tannenberg and a hundred lesser battles, remains no longer silent and aloof among the great field-marshalls of Germany. Today he is be-leaguered by the political pack which helps and snarls at his heels...
...description of Holden's use in 1807 has been found in an almost forgotten Boston literary journal, "Today," which was begun and discontinued in 1852. Charles Hale, author of the description, has set forth the chapel's miraculous powers in an account of the Harvard Alumni Festival...
...incidentally his own collection, for posthumous fame. That he has done so, however unwittingly, is quite evident. With all due respect to him and gratitude for his generous gift, the Metropolitan directors should decline his collection. Such an action will set a precedent, or perhaps emphasize a half-forgotten one, that American museums should follow, like the National Gallery in London, only the best interests of art and the public for whom they exist...
...Written by an angry God with the scenery set by the terrible hand of , destiny. Produced By Necessity. Staged By Fear. Adapted By Disaster. Enacted By 50,000 Human Beings and Half Million Beasts on the Frozen Paths of a Forgotten World Withered by the Blasts of a Sun That Laughed in Cynical Glee...
...occupies the minds of so many persons to the exclusion of everything else, is the least enduring of all fame. A Harvard graduate who distinguishes him-self in public life, writing, teaching, science, or the fine arts will be remembered when all the athletes in his class are forgotten. As the mental powers of the average undergraduate are very limited and he is anxious to distinguish himself in some way, he turns to athletics. Hence the preeminence of athletics in our universities today. Athletics are supported by small-minded men and largely participated in by small-minded men. They will...