Word: latter-day
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
There seems little doubt but that this was realized in the earliest days. Greek politicians had no scruples about manufacturing mythology to fit their needs, as Mr. H. I. Brock pointed out recently in the Times,--and the Romulus and Remus fable, invented, or at least encouraged by latter-day Roman rulers, must have had an effect in developing the Roman superiority complex, which like most such complexes, was based on a feeling of uniqueness or "differentness". The growth of national legends and national folk-lore came before the awakening of national consciousness or patriotism in Europe; the results...
...this Masefield writes for us, in the austere numbers of "Samson Agonistes;" he is probably the only latter-day poet that can catch their authentic note. And the songs incorporated in the play show that he has not forgotten how to write lyrics as they should be written. It is a good play, almost a great play. And yet (shamefacedly I confess it) I prefer his earlier, and therefore presumably less mature work. For there is no one can write as he can of the sea, and of them that go down, to the sea in ships...
...Barnum and James J. Hill, or Admiral Dewey at bay between Jesse James and Brigham Young. Among the seven names represented between the strenuous cloth covers are one woman (Frances E. Willard); one capitalist (J. J. Hill); one sailor (Dewey); one politician (Mark Hanna); one showman (Barnum); one Latter-day Saint (Young); one bandit (James...
...referring to Brigham Young as " the founder of Mormonism," (TIME, July 2) was in error. Mormonism?the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints?was founded by Joseph Smith, whose parents and grandparents were seers and diviners, at Manchester, N. Y., in 1830. Instructed, he said, by revelation, Smith supposedly dug up a " supplement to the New Testament" written on thin gold plates, and known as The Book of Mormon. On the strength of this "revelation," which declared him to be "God's prophet, entitled to all obedience," Smith founded the Mormon body...
Does he clap, as a child does, because of happiness or glee, or does he believe in latter-day advertising methods? Formerly applause here in College was given in a miserly fashion for lectures of exceptional brilliance. Now it comes, spontaneous and carefree, with all the joyous abandon of a front-row benchman at a political meeting. Some do not even have the decency to wait until the lecturer has departed before showing their enthusiasm...