Word: lorded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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15th. Lay pleasantly till 8, watching the snow "as Jove," methought, "descending from his Tower" come softly down. Thence up to draw the window but staid looking and caught a few perfect snowflakes on my gown. And Lord! How beautiful they be, Nothing in nature is unbeautiful even unto to the flake. See here a form of a star-which comes from a low cloud, I am told;-see here a tabular form-from high cloud;-see here little gems which man with all his wit could never make as beautiful. I am glad at my heart this...
...Lord! Enough of this business; the man be greater than his works; and I be as much charmed by his kindliness, his "god bless my souls", and his complimentary "you knows" as I be fascinated by the adventure of his thoughts. I do listen to him and my heart doth feel that here indeed is nature's spokesman...
...will, but she is not privileged to instill into the minds of these young children, against the will of their father, these doctrines which she, herself, has embraced and which are looked upon with abhorrence by the vast majority of people living under the protection of our Lord...
Thence I to Dunster House to lunch and after an exceedingly fine conversation on plans for the Tercentenary Celebration, I to the large common room for coffee and to see an exhibition of the paintings of Mr. Martin Mower. And Lord! I am pretty well pleased. Professor Sachs, who be responsible for this exhibition, tells me Mr. Mower be one of the distinguished painters and art connoisseurs of our time. I also note Mrs. Gardiner of Fenway Court, whose judgment in these matters was exceeding good--did purchase some of Mr. Mower's works and also gave an exhibition...
Thence, I out to the Court, and very pretty it be in the snow, and along the River to watch the skating but saw no bit of beauty there; so I back to the Tower to read Kant, and by and by to bed. But Lord! How cold the sheets...