Word: gifted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Only the dead know Hollis. Only those tablets of names of men long since gone can lay claim to an understanding of Thomas Hollis' gift of almost two centuries standing. For the heritage of Hollis has passed from generation to generation of men down to today, when Hollis' cycle is complete...
...beginning, Hollis was the meagre roof over the sombre heads of young men studying for the Puritan ministry. The gift of a prudent merchant to a struggling college, the bare wooden rooms and cell-like studies were the omnipresent manifestations of the privations of the early faith. Names such as Mather, Gore, Winthrop are common to the plates that hung on the harsh doors. Zealous advocates of stern religion left these rooms to lead the spiritual life of the northern colonies...
Once more John L. Lewis has proved himself God's gift to the professional labor-baiter. West-brook Pegler can now re-fill his fountain pen and Carl Vinson re-wag his Senatorial tongue, for the President of the United Mine Workers has chosen to defeat Hitler by leading his 2,800 members...
...Indoctrination" is an ugly word. It is neither a liberal education nor a substitute for one. Those now in college have an obligation to make the most of an opportunity soon to be closed, for in war as in peace the liberal background is a gift of incalculable value. Only a plan like President Conant's can ensure the continued use of university facilities when the guns are ready and the college men are called...
When Private DeVoogd left on the 5:30 for Camp Dodge, the mayor of Boone was there, so was the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and so was a crowd of gift-laden townsfolk. Said DeVoogd after the speeches: "I'm happier than I've been in my whole life...