Word: imperfect
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Whitman was an imperfect man and an imperfect poet, but in thinking of him we should remember the glory of the imperfect," said Professor Perry in conclusion...
...with emphasis on their right to equal justice. As long as lynching persists, that right is denied them, and racial antipathy will be kept open. If the Dyer Bill is defeated, it must be only because a more effective remedy has been produced. If it is passed, even though imperfect, it will at least have the value of putting on this crime the solemn stamp of the nation's disapproval...
...active participation in the life of the world as it is--the ability to fit into the general scheme and contribute to the common causes. Efficiency is the pass word, and Intelligence the be-all and end-all, in this conception. This end is obviously worthy, but it is imperfect; mere intelligence is not as great as intellect, and efficiency in itself is not progress. True citizenship in something more than being a "success" in the eyes of what is called the World. It is rather the ability to understand the world and all a place...
...matter of contrasts. Miss Alken, the author, has with consummate skill placed opposites side by side. Inherited and acquired refinement meet, and struggle with vulgarity and worse. Carelessness vies with efficiency; temperaments clash. Here and in the beauty of some of the lines (too often marred by imperfect diction) lies the achievement of the playwright...
Independent investigations made some time ago by President Lowell and by Professor Dexter of the University of Illinois have brought out the surprisingly close correlation between excellence in college studies and the chance of appearing in "Who's Who." This test, although admittedly and imperfect criterion of true achievement, is nevertheless one of the best available indications of leadership in American life. Tabulations involving thousands of college graduates show that the average college man has one chance in fifty of winning his way into this category of the famed. But the chance of the Phi Beta Kappa man is three...