Word: keen
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...strongest appeal of the medical profession to a virile man is the opportunity which it offers him of bringing into play every talent, mental or muscular, which he possesses. A keen eye, a sharp ear, ability in expression, tact, sympathy with all sorts of people, all come into play. The doctor as well as the lawyer must know how to cross-examine; like the translator he must know how to interpret; like the teacher he must know how to expound and explain. Every talent is of use, and a little fault like faintness at the sight of blood, which...
...both in the performance and in the concert teaching of Beethoven's great masterpieces has been of the highest artistic and educational significance. He was an intimate friend of the late Professor John Knowles Paine h.'69, the founder of the Department of Music, and has always shown a keen interest in the growth of artistic ideals at Harvard whether shown in the modern languages or in music. It is to be hoped that his generous manifestation of good will may meet with the enthusiastic reception wrich it deserves...