Word: instruments
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...well qualified to write about it but after a time his refinements become almost identical with a rather morbid sort of introspection and the character he is drawing, like Werther or William Lovell, loses the right to be considered as a creation of literature and becomes merely an instrument by which he can elaborate subjectively on his emotional and intellectual experiences...
With the "revival of learning" again comes a revival of interest in shot guns, rifles, revolvers, automatics, alarm clocks, tin horns, and noise makers of every variety, including the ancient Chaldean instrument, the vox humana, to disturb the night air at about...
When this day arrives there will be a condition brought about where it becomes possible for a speaker to address directly by the spoken word a large majority of the public in their homes. No such potent instrument for the moulding of public opinion has ever been imagined. The biased and curtailed report of the newspaper will be replaced by the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, as far at least as the original speech was concerned...
...signs in the skies can doubt that a show-down is coming. Intense interest in sports, to the extent that the primary purposes of a college are forgotten, will build a structure of sentiment that will not stand. No one questions the value of athletics as a great developing instrument for many of the most desirable qualities of mental and bodily strength. Increased athletic facilities and the effort everywhere to interest the greatest possible number in the various forms of sport is a hopeful indication of future dividends in health and citizenship. But somehow or other this "greatest-show...
...completely drowns out the violin on many occasions. There is little evidence of any Scottish characteristics except when the folk tunes themselves appear. At times we are reminded of an inferir "Rheingold". The work, however, has always been a favorite with violinists as it is understandingly written for the instrument, and is not too difficult for the public to comprehend...