Word: keen
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...written book about Old Violins, just published by Lyon and Healy, Chicago. The fact that this volume contains a list of the old violins offered for sale by Lyon and Healy, and will therefore be sent free upon application, does not detract from its literary value nor from the keen interest with which its facsimile labels and other quaint illustrations will be viewed...
...sturdy sense of the American people. To seek some object first and then to seek the means to gain it, is illogical. To get good legislation, we first need to get good public men. To do that civil service is needed. In, say, a question of tariff legislation, keen strife between groups of producers is inevitable. If we commit such a task to men who peddle votes for places or a President who peddles places for votes, poor results are a foregone conclusion. So it is in all forms of legislation. The first thing needed is to reform the character...
...carefully written and thoughtfully studied essay on Wordsworth's Ode on Immortality is contributed by Alfred D. Sheffield. It shows Wordsworth's keen appreciation of the significance of the connection between nature and child life. In contemplating childhood, says the writer, Wordsworth drew "an assurance that man's high instincts are then undimmed, that the mist between him and God is then 'a pure transparency...
...most attractive and lovable of men. Freshness and vivacity of feeling and expression formed in him a delightful combination with breadth and tenderness of sympathy, genial humor, clear intelligence and keen wit. There was nothing commonplace about him. His aspect, bearing, and expression were distinguished by a strongly marked originality and simplicity which added a special charm to his intercourses, and gave a peculiar flavor to his pervasive humor. His nature was frank and open, and in case of need his opinions were uttered with great vigor and certainty; but he shrank from display and avoided public distinctions...
...Soisson's book is, however, very readable and shows that he has a keen sense of humor. Occasionally, as in the chapter upon immigration, he betrays a good deal of originality and gives expression to ideas which are both fresh and surprisingly true. Altogether, although there is just a suggestion of Max O'Rell about it, A Parisian in America is rather better than most of the books of its kind, and serves to while away a pleasant half-hour...