Word: loree
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When we speak here of informative education, we are not thinking of that special training which fits the student for some particular job; rather, we are assuming that the educated man should possess, over and above the lore of his calling, a general acquaintance with the history of mankind, with the scientific view of the universe, with the best in world-literature and the other arts, and with the major concepts of philosophy; and we submit that no youth left free to wander through the college catalogue is likely to compass the fundamentals in this broad field of knowledge. Indeed...
...place we put in to was the island of Santa Maria, the southern-most of the Azores, rich in historic lore of Columbus. Yet it is little known today. In fact, no American vessel had touched the island for 14 years before our coming. Our dory in which we reached shore, was greeted by practically every inhabitant of the little island capital Santa Cruz, lead by the prefect of the town...
...most melodious word in our language; Tennyson's choice for the same distinction unfortunately is not admitted to polite company. Even men of the same tongue are apt to get into difficulties, as Americans in England have discovered with such words as "bloody" and others that appear equally innocent. Lore Robert Cecil, when he was being entertained in a Boston club, meant only courteous approval when he remarked "What a homely room you have here!"--and he found it difficult to understand the coolness of his hosts during the rest of the evening...
...invented the fish-hook or the blow-gun or the fire-drill." It is possible that the genius of this ancient savage has been grossly under-rated. Heretofore scientists alone have examined the records of the rocks and runes. Why not turn loose upon these records devotees of electrical lore or send into the tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen those with a hobby for automobiles? Then, thanks to the hobby-horse, perhaps the world will learn that the Neolithic man had telephone connections with the adjacent caves or that Pharaoh toured his land in a horseless carriage...
...ante-room of a large Russian circus, seeped in the lore of the tanbark-ring, the play moves in a little world of its own, diverse enough and complete unto itself. Into this realm of play-people, with their human loves, rivalries, and eccentricities, there steps one from "out there", from the little known external world. He is a mysterious figure, something of a philosopher, and a keen observer. All he asks is a part to play, a life to live in this special world, and the right that his out world self be allowed to die. The part...