Word: hewn
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...text is the first verse of the first chapter of Isaiah: 'Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord. Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn...
...their songs. It was of such stuff that they were made, of such a history that they came forth, therefore the prophet felt and had a right to feel that an appeal to the past would rouse in them the noblest ambitions. 'Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn,' is his cry, 'and unto Abraham your father.' Such an appeal is the privilege of those nations that have behind them a long and noble history. Other peoples have their sources of inspiration, new countries have the great stimulus of youth. But this is one of the privileges of honorable...
...encouragement of the humanities, then surely historic associations, a noble lineage, ancient memories and an atmosphere enriched with generations of culture have their great influence. And it is from these often that the student gains his noblest aspirations. Let us look then unto the rock whence we are hewn...
...Look unto the rock whence you are hewn. Look unto your fathers, and may God be with...
...orchestra, and the stage buildings. The seats for the spectators covered the slope of the hill, in semicircular rows. Aisles divided the auditorium into thirteen wedges and two-thirds of the distance to the top was a semi-circular passageway or "Diazoma." The upper rows of seats were hewn from the stone of the hillside, the lower were of limestone from the Peiraeus. The front row consisted of sixty-seven "thronoi," heavy stone seats with backs, the middle one being used by the chief priest of Dionysus. The orchestra was the open place for the acting. There was probably...