Word: intellect
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...peaceful friends are, I am afraid, forgetful that had their spiritual ancesters been as squeamish as themselves they would have all been quietly and efficiently incinerated, and thereby, deprived of progeny whether of the flesh or of the intellect. Had, there been no Gustavus Adolphus, we should not now possess the ineathnable blessings of Methodism. Hgit Whitney...
...abstract mathematics to the more specific, concrete problems of mankind and society is a natural one for a mind predisposed to service. Without a doubt the unusual power of Mr. Russell's per can be attributed is part of the rigorous and exacting nature of his former work; the intellect trained to think carefully and clearly in mathematics or science is likely to apply the same productive methods of logic and analysis to every subject. And it is clear that these are the only methods which can ever bring results...
...said: "We perfectly understand the motives which have prompted the measures passed by the American Congress, but we think that American public opinion would be well advised to take into consideration also another aspect of problem. Hundreds of thousands of Italians who live in America have, with their work, intellect and enterprise, contributed to the progress of the great Republic. It must be true that they often succeeded in gathering wealth for themselves, and that under the protection of the Star-Spangled Banner they have obtained advantages which their own country could not offer them, but it is also true...
...effect of the story is made, the theme is developed, as themes should be, entirely in action. A girl with every advantage of noble family, education, beauty, health, strength, physical skill, intellect, and emotional sensitiveness lives with the freedom of wealth and position in the most delightful places on the Continent and in America, associates with the most agreeable acquaintances, companions, and friends, . . and dies. And the reader, not the author, closes the book with the conviction that for Cerise D'Atree, and perhaps for all others, life is a futile and desperate thing painful to leave, but terrible...
...effect of the story is made, the theme is developed as themes should be, entirely in action. A girl with every advantage of noble family, education, beauty, health, strength, practical skill, intellect, and emotional sensitiveness lives with the freedom of wealth and position in the most delightful places on the Continent and in America, associates with the most agreeable acquaintances, companions, and friends . . . and dies. And the reader, not the author, closes the book with the conviction that for Cerise D'Atree, and perhaps for all others, life is a futile and desperate thing painful to leave, but terrible...