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...that has arrested America's development, that has stunted her spiritual and intellectual existence? Mr. Brooks finds the answer in the early colonial life from whence emerged both our philosophy of attainment or acquisition, and our tradition of arid spirituality. These two separate forces have worked an awful leaven in our civilization; they have produced a singular dichotomy in our national personality. Thus we have "highbrows" and "lowbrows," the former devoting themselves to a sterile, abstract kind of spirituality which has no roots in the reality of our life, and the latter running out their years in ceaseless, pointless activity...
...want me, I'll never leave you more" and of "My life is worth living only if I live it for you". There is a lot of that great British outdoor sport, the charity garden party. There are a hurdy-gurdy man and a kindly old cockney woman to leaven the mixture. There is some singing by Irene Dunne which clearly shows how much in love Clive Brook is when he calls it beautiful. But there is nothing new, nothing startling, nothing even mildly lascivious, to disturb the calmness and serenity of this picture of the rehabilitation...
...Youth has been quick to appraise and to emulate the form if not the substance of the diversion common to distraught journalists, hapless explorers, and brilliant financiers. To the hoax it has brought the charm of unflagging devotion and ingenuous extravaganza; but in maturity there remains ever that godlike leaven of simplicity which is the preface to credibility...
...certainly intended to be more real than is implied in a mere use of House accommodations for board and lodging, and an occasional timid glance into the common room. Great care was exercised in selecting a well balanced staff of tutors for each House to provide appropriate cultural leaven. But this can become practical only through the easy association for which the House dining halls give ample opportunity...
...successful farming; they have developed experimenting stations for all agricultural matters; and as centers for gathering and disseminating necessary information about modern methods and conditions they have become indispensable. In view of the highly technical nature of such schools they have done well to introduce into their curriculums a leaven of general culture; but the institution of an A.B. degree would be most unfortunate. For the modern conception of a diploma as the magic key to success has permeated every rank of society. Should such an attraction be introduced into an inexpensive school like the Massachusetts College there is grave...