Word: latent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Bali and Angkor Author Gorer's forthright denunciations of some of the abuses of Far Eastern Imperialism make spirited reading. But his latent mysticism, barely called into being in Africa, flowered under the influence of the gentle Balinese, the witches of Java, the monstrous ruins of Angkor Wat. Hence the book is less one of description of far places than an exposition of the author's theories of the nature of the mystical experience, its social and spiritual significance...
...Landon has been an able Governor of Kansas. Honestly provincial, he is devouring stiff economic and social treatises, trying hard to push his mental horizon beyond Kansas plains. Of his capacity to fill the White House chair, his friend William Allen White devoutly declares: "If a man has any latent subconscious powers they are aroused by the overwhelming responsibility. ... I am inclined to believe that Landon would rise to it. I don't know. No man knows. I don't think he knows...
...with the fluid tenets of the Theosophical Society which, founded in Manhattan in 1875 by Mme Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, aimed to form "a nucleus of the universal brotherhood of humanity." encourage the study of comparative religion and philosophy, investigate "the unexplained laws of nature [including reincarnation] and the powers latent in man." 3) Strictly, the land on which Krishnamurti spoke was held until 1929 by an affiliate of the Society, is now held by a nominal corporation of three Krishnamurti associates. 4) "Huts" are what Krishnamurti calls both the little houses he inhabits near Ojai. 5) Although Krishnamurti...
...significance of the organization lies in its possible effect upon public opinion. If the Veterans of Future Wars can set in motion the latent forces that will smash the twin idols of patriotism and privilege too long worshipped in this country, their service will have been a real one. The college students of today form the electorate of tomorrow, and what they hope to accomplish now by ridicule may be done later with stronger weapons...
Behind the locked doors of the swimming pool, Freshman swimmers who did not receive numerals will have a chance to show their latent talent this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock in the annual championships. Six events will be held for the bashful mermen...