Word: imperfectionable
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Bunyan's Way. The imperfection of the instrument does not detract from the nobility of the aim provided its imperfection is recognized and admitted. Many who went on the Crusades were actuated by base motives or were led into ignoble behavior, but the Crusades still remained a noble enterprise...
"Democracy will have receded in the current Western usage of the term, as meaning self-government. It may, though, have advanced in the current Russian usage, as meaning social equality in contrast to hierarchy of classes. The loss of freedom on the material plane will have been the price of...
In the walled city of Cassano, imperfection reaches a fine pitch. Policeman Nespoli's mistress is willing to put the blame on her husband, recently dead, to save her lover's head. Her stepson, Diomede, fearful of losing his inheritance, buys the testimony of a prostitute that his...
Ava Gardner portrays the epitome of seductresses with the slight imperfection of a North Chicago accent. James Mason tends to play Oedipus into the role of the Dutchman, but these two minor defects are more than atoned for by the alluring, but not lurid color, the exotic setting, and the...
Wilder's play is a phantasmagoria of history, based specifically on the Bible and classical mythology. The informal structure of the play is sometimes an asset and sometimes a liability to the Dramatic Club's production. It has given the Club freedon in adapting the play to the cavernous inadequacy...