Word: macedon
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Mahomet is described as an Arabian Lion, roaring, like the Lions of Wichita, Kan., in behalf of municipal improvements rather than God. The conquests of Alexander sprang from his original necessity to surpass the celebrity of his father, Philip of Macedon. Napoleon III was "a great adventurer; a beautiful addition to our collection." Catiline captained all the gangs in Rome in the enterprise, not of rebuilding his personal fortune, but of leveling all fortunes, murdering all governors, burning a city. He perished "not ingloriously," in "the adventure of death." Because the intelligence of Bolitho is very nearly equal...
...Gests of Alexander of Macedon" edited by Francis P. Magoun. Jr. '16, assistant Professor of English will appear on November 1. This is the next book to be published by the Press and it will, be followed by such works as "Sit Thomas Malory" by Edward Hicks. "The Commonwealth and Restoration Stage" by Leslie Botson. Associate Professor of English in New York University. "John Gay's London" by William Henry Irving: "A Noble Rake the Life of Charles. Fourth Lord Mohun." by Robert S. Forsythe: "The Lance of Justice, a Semi-centennial History of the Legal Aid Society...
Alexander of Macedon ("The Great"), though he died many a century before George Washington, is still held in a mellow, Washingtonian esteem at Samarkand. The natives appear to have forgiven that he sacked and burned their city, remember only how he wrought great glory there, and refer to him affectionately as "Iskander Macedonski...
...government for a Republic ruled by its best intellects. He conceived absolute values for Good, Justice and similar abstractions, a realm of ideals of which ordinary life was but the dim shadow. Aristotle (384-322 B. C.), son of a physician at the court of King Amyntas in rugged Macedon, attended the academy conducted by Plato, then went home to tutor Amyntas' fiery grandson. This lad, Alexander, after conquering the world, endowed Aristotle, gave him an heiress to wife and put men at his disposal to collect flora and fauna in all directions. Aristotle studied specimens, made inferences, founded...
...Colgate advertisements have not based their arguments on modern facial trends alone. They have gone back to ancient times, citing the examples of the great military men of the old world and the new, Alexander of Macedon, Scipio Africanus, General Ambrose E. Burnside. They have pointed out that "when Alexander first took command of the Macedonian army he gave his soldiers the once-over and ordered them to cut off their whiskers lest the beard afford a handle to the enemy." They have quoted Pliny: "The younger Africanus was the first who adopted the habit of shaving every...