Word: intellect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seminaries, argued Dean Miller, must take some of the blame. Theological education has become "a vulgarized form of a trade school," failing to develop the young clergyman's intellect or make him sensitive to the heights and depths of human experience. Today's minister, warned Miller, "must be sure his mind is sharpened to its utmost, lest he blunder about the world with a rough and stupid carelessness, hoping that he might hit upon the will of God merely because of his good intentions...
...seduce Mary while Shelley is away from home; or when Shelley gets a swimming lesson and plunges straight to the bottom, tempted by death and an answer to the Great Mystery. Despite such antics, Mary's father, husband and friends were schooled-and schooled her-to put intellect above all else. When her first daughter, a premature baby, died, she noted in her diary: "Find my baby dead. Send for Hogg. Talk. A miserable day. In the evening read The Fall of the Jesuits...
...were his extensive contributions to the education of young scholars. "B.B." opened his villa, "I Tatti," to students who wished to use his enormous library and art collection, and to learn from his brilliant, instructive conversation. For those who have known "B.B.", for those who have experienced his incisive intellect through his numerous writings, or for those who have seen the fruits of Berenson's taste exhibited in major art collections both here and abroad, it will be impossible to forget his personality and achievement...
...Turned $1,000 into $1,000,000 in Real Estate, Nickerson (4) 5. Folk Medicine, Jarvis (9 ) 6. The Elements of Style, Strunk and White (7) 7. Mine Enemy Grows Older, King (5) 8.Richard Nixon, Mazo (8) 9. Senator Joe McCarthy, Rovere (6) 10. The House of Intellect, Barzunx...
...House of Intellect, Barzun...