Word: heroisms
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...eight members of his class elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his Junior year. He was substitute guard on the football team, winning his "H" in 1920. During the war he served overseas, first as a lieutenant of infantry and then as a captain, and was cited for heroism in the battle of Chateau Thierry, in which he was wounded...
...time to time. There can be no question here of "market" or "popularity". In its very subject the work justifies its existence. The composite subject is one to move us deeply whether or no we be of Harvard's sons. It is a tale of adventure, a tale of heroism, suffering, of death, dingy, in unlit corners or flaming gorgeously in battle. It is a story of human beings who were tested by the fires, but more, it tells of bright youth winning to brief glorious achievement and of riper age, which, having labored well, finds its highest accomplishment...
...satisfaction wildly, James's brother Frank succeeded to his laurels. The Governor of Missouri opened the doors of the prison where he was serving a life sentence most deservedly, and the Missouri House of Representatives elected him to be a doorkeeper as its share of official tribute to the heroism of life on the highway. Both were made the central figures of dime novels, eagerly devoured by hundreds of thousands of boyish minds which thereupon became fired to commit murder and robbery and be handed down to posterity as the rivals of the "James boys...
...plays, although based on the same theme, are treated in very different ways. "The Violins of Cremona" concerns a contest among the violin makers of that city for the hand of Giannina, daughter of the old violin master, Taddeo Ferrari. Filippo, the hunchback who wins the prize, shows his heroism by nobly renouncing his victory to avoid forcing his love upon Giannina...
...comedy of life in northern Italy in the eighteenth century, dealing with a contest among the violin makers of Cremona. Taddeo Ferrari, the old violin master, has announced that the winner will receive not only the coveted trophy, but also the hand of his daughter. The play portrays the heroism of the hunchback, Fillipo, who nobly renounces his victory in order to avoid forcing his love upon Giannina...