Word: intellection
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...charms of feminine inexperience; and it is the off-expressed opinion of Mr. H. I., Mencken that although it is theoretically possible for woman to possess real beauty, from an aesthetic point of view, she so rarely does that she is forced to rely, on the alternative attractions of intellect and understanding. Moreover, the writers of popular songs whose favorite theme is going home to Mother are legion; and certainly America's own Montague Glass would be awarded at the very least an Honorable Mention for "our Miss Cohen", who, it will be remembered, was "a perfect thirty...
...with the voice of a prophet, he said: "The Holy Ghost is about to descend upon New York. The church in this city is on the eve of a second Pentecost. The Pentecost will be made by the spirit of God out of the differences of race, background and intellect that exist here. I feel that the spirit of God is at work this moment on the new Pentecost...
...Harvard service helps such men to calculate their expenses accurately; its value is inestimable, and there is nothing else comparable to it in the industry. My only suggestion would be that the Bureau reduce its advice and methods to terms which are comprehensible to the average retailer's intellect. A retailer deals with goods in a little way and he is likely to be a little...
...East, apparently recognizes three separate and conflicting entities in man's makeup; body, intellect, and emotions. By a rigorous program of study, consisting mainly, it would seem, of training in the sacred dances of the East the Institute seeks to produce men with the physical control of Hindu ascetics, the intellectual development of the yogis, and the emotions of saints--assuredly a most admirable purpose except from certain sordid practical aspects...
...with music, speeches, refreshments. He made the newly-fledged, exalted citizens feel important. After only two years he was elevated to the Supreme Court, where his rugged personality lent a certain tonic atmosphere. He was impatient of refinement of argument, preferring by nature a certain blunt honesty of the intellect. He was one of the Justices who dissented when the Child Labor Law was first held unconstitutional. He broke the tradition of the Supreme Court that its members should make no public speeches. When invited to speak, he said what he had to say. As early as 1918, even before...