Word: happiest
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...remained in Germany or gone back there I should probably not be alive today." His work has won appreciation outside of Germany, nevertheless he still considers himself a German writer, primarily for German readers: "From the beginning of my intellectual life I had felt myself in happiest accord with the temper of my nation and at home in its intellectual traditions...
DENMARK: KINGDOM OF REASON-Ag-nes Rothery-Viking ($3). Attractively written, microscopic guide to "the oldest kingdom in the world . . . also one of the wisest and happiest." Like Marquis W. Childs (Sweden: The Middle Way), Author Rothery credits near-miracles to Scandinavian cooperatives, but unlike him, thinks they operate on too miniature a scale there to teach much to bigger democracies...
...best friends were shot down like cattle-sometimes because they were Rightists, because they were Catholics, and sometimes because they were gentlemen and ladies. I have seen priests and nuns shot. Nobody was safe. When we finally saw the troops of General Queipo de Llano approaching it was the happiest moment of my life...
Pope's Voice-Happiest feature of the Congress was that, even as Cardinal Dougherty was speeding up the China Sea (for the 82nd time) toward Manila, in the Vatican Pius XI was gaining strength, and as the Conte Rosso entered Manila Bay last week the Pope was being moved about in a wheeled divan, doing more work and receiving more visitors than at any time since he fell ill two months ago. As Archbishop O'Doherty said last week: "Our fervent prayers ascended to the high heavens, beseeching God to prolong life of such a great Pontiff. Thank...
...young couple invited Shaw to live with them when overwork brought on a breakdown. Says he: "It was probably the happiest passage in our three lives." But soon his Mystic Betrothal began to assert itself. "I had to consummate it or vanish." His friendship with the inoffensive Sparling made the thought of stealing his wife revolting. Nor could the three friends arrange a divorce because Shaw could not afford to marry and Sparling could not afford to be divorced. Moreover, the scandal would have damaged the Cause. Shaw left. To his astonishment Sparling left soon after. May Morris...