Word: interpretations
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Guerre" man. He served first in ambulance trains, then as chaplain with the 59th Division of Infantry. For fourteen years Chaplain Couve was a missionary in the French Congo. He is now Assistant Director of the Missionary Society of the Comite Protestant Francais and comes to this country to interpret to the United States the spirit of France and help foster cordiality between the two countries during the progress of Peace negotiations...
...English on "The Part of France in the Revival of Ancient Greek Art" in the Fogg Art Museum this afternoon at 4.30. Professor Reinach is a member of a mission of the foremost French scholars recently arrived in this country in response to the requests of American universities to interpret to them the dominant elements of French culture. The lecture today will be open to the public...
...lives of great men is comprehended in the sum of the two terms vision plus valor. It is the vision which is not so myopic as to be confined to one narrow channel of existence, but which has the power to view life as a whole and to interpret aright the rights and duties of human beings one toward another; it is the vision which is not so steeped in the lore of the past that it is blinded to the great movements and tendencies which are the engrossing problems of the present; it is, finally, the vision which sees...
...accomplish the purpose of the society, meetings shall be held from time to time, at which the most capable speakers available will interpret advanced thought on the subject, and endeavor to answer questions...
...which proves that the psychology of man stretches up to the very heavens, and that the sun, the clouds, the striding aurora and the scintillating atmosphere interpret his inmost aspirations. We may smile at the awed Indian raising his arms in emotion as the Thunder Bird beckons to him from on high, and at the simple habitant crossing himself before the heavenly apparition of the Maid of Orleans and the martial St. Michael. But we cannot laugh at the emotion which has opened these peoples' eyes to the starry sign. It proves that the awful events which are in progress...