Word: heroic
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Deem not that acts heroic wait on chance...
...from custom the Memorial Society relies upon the undergraduates to justify the action by making the new plan successful. It believes that if they come to the exercise in a fitting spirit, the day will take on a new significance as a special commemoration by Harvard men of the heroic manhood of their predecessors...
...Faith, Hope and Charity," by G. C. St. John '02, has as its familiar theme the heroic college man who goes out in search of unusual experience and meets the traditional impressionable girl with whom he promptly falls in love. Still, the story gives us an interesting glimpse of a cattle ship and some little whiff of salt...
Although the most recent manifestations of the heroic drama are associated with the names of Henri de Bornier and M. Edmond Rostand, there are other names which should not be forgotten. Such are Francois Coppee and M. Jean Richepin who have courageously continued on the French stage the waning tradition of tragedy in verse. Just a word in passing should be said in regard to these...
...drama is written in heroic verse, and is free in the best modern sense. Its doctrine is that of Spinoza and its thought is deeply philosophical and mystical. The action of the play is comprehended in three periods: Before the Incarnation; during and after the Crucifixion; and on the Judgment Day before dawn. Its story is mainly one of supernatural beings: Raphael's journey to earth is described, and also the effect of the Crucifixion on the Heavenly Hosts. The description of the celestial beings is very even and novel, while in form it is beautifully musical...