Word: generously
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Ladislas St. Reymont (TIME, Nov. 24) was awarded the 1924 Nobel prize for literature. Publisher Alfred Knopf sighed contentedly, poured forth a generous libation to the partial goddess of chance, bestirred himself to call the attention of the curious public to the fact that he had just, with commendable prevision, published the first of four parts of Ladislas St. Reymont's chief work. "Autumn, volume one of The Peasants," said Publisher Knopf some weeks ago, "would appear to be undoubtedly the greatest Polish novel of the Century." The award of the Nobel Prize goes far to support its publisher...
After a cursory view of TIME'S summary of events, the Generous Citizen points with pride...
...generous gesture, a truly diplomatic move...
Again the generous gesture, the truly diplomatic move, the spirit of friendliness with which John Hay, at the time of the Boxer Rebellion, finding the sum of the indemnity awarded in excess of legitimate claims, returned the balance in the form of a similar fund for Chinese students...
...University of Michigan succeeds in giving moderately where the inclination is to be generous, and if Ann Arbor society can refrain from draping Mr. Frost in a corner of the salon three or four times a week, something really beneficial will have been accomplished for American literature. At least it will be a strong incentive to a greater appreciation of men of letters...