Word: hearted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...heart is particularly gladdened because you have come so far to kneel at the feet of the head of the great Christian Church...
When the first Bolshevist government was formed in November, 1917, M. Trotzky became the first Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, in which capacity he represented Russia at the Brest-Litovsk peace conference with Germany. He at first refused the German terms, but the continued advance of German troops into the heart of Russia eventually forced the Bolsheviki to sign far worse terms of peace. M. Trotzky agreed to the necessity of ending hostilities, and handed over his portfolio of Foreign Affairs to become Commissar of War, in which capacity he organized the Red Army...
...Year's Eve, 1887, a group of friends gathered at Edwin Booth's home (remodeled by Stanford White) in Gramercy Park, Manhattan. Shortly before midnight he disclosed to them a plan dear to his heart. He would found an actor's club, to which would be admitted men in the varied arts, and in which the best of the writing, painting and music world might come to learn that the actor, too, is a gentleman. Mr. Booth was distressed at the slight repute in which his profession was held before the world. He would give his home...
...heart is a dark forest where...
...make myself over?' you ask," he went on. "Here are the three things which, to my mind, must be done in order that man may renew himself. He must first of all let Christ into his heart, and by that I mean that he must attain absolute humility. Then, he must share the beauties and joys of life with his friends, and not keep his happiness to himself. Finally," concluded Bishop Slattery, "he must turn his entire attention to making over one man, and that man is himself...