Word: idea
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...nature can not be its revelation to man, because visible nature is too indifferent to command our worship. We look then to a greater universe of which nature is only a part. Of this universe man's religious faith is only the scaffolding, and so must religion involve the idea that in some way one must die to this world before he can enter the eternal world...
...often crowded, that is there were a great many of the actors and chorus on at a time. The chorus had all sorts of accessories to carry out the illusion. The dramatic structure of the old comedy was rather curious. First was the prologue which gave a general idea of what the play was about. Then followed the episodes. About the middle came the parabasis, when the actors withdrew and the entire chorus came forward and amused the audience. Peculiar to the old comedy is the "agon," or contest, between the two chief actors. This was not clearly recognized until...
...modern Devil, of Hades with Hell, and then further burlesquing the composite by making Hell a sort of modern hotel, into which no sinless person can obtain admission; this is excellent burlesque. His working-out of this comic donnee is as ingenious and clever in detail as the idea itself. Of course there is some variety business, but not enough to be out of proportion. Some of it is excellent; especially funny is a game of "football of the future," played in evening dress, and with the politeness of a Sir Charles Grandison. And if the text is good...
...literary course will be given by the department of English at Yale next year, entitled "Modern Novels." The course will consist almost entirely of the rapid reading of living authors, with a general discussion of each work. The idea is to take up each week some English, American, French, German or Russian novel, translations of foreign works always being used. Such authors as Thomas Hardy, Weyman, Meredith, Tolstoi, Alphonse Daudet, Heyse, Mrs. Ward, Hall Caine, C. D. Warner and Howells will be among those studied, the recitation hours being given up to a lecture on the book in hand, with...
...light drinks. The heriditary effects of beer, for instance, are known to be much more vicious than those of distilled liquors. Beer has a degenerating influence on the whole system, and beer drunkenness is the most degrading of all; it multiplies all forms of diseases and crimes. An idea has got abroad that drunkenness does not exist in wine producing countries. This is not true. The Germans, in spite of the popular notion that they are only beer drinkers, drink more heavy drink than any other people...