Word: martyrdom
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...small and active group of trustees who have no standing in the world of education, who are reactionary and visionless in politics, narrow and medieval in religion"? No more inspiring act in the struggle of intellect against political control has taken place in the last few years. The vociferous martyrdom of Dr. Scott Nearing in the cause of "acadamic freedom," coupled with its demands for three-cent fares in these times of rising operating costs and his recent connection with the People's Council, cast doubt upon the value of his protestations; but certainly there are few more progressive, independent...
...formenting revolution. The men and women in question, most of them born on a foreign soil, and received generously into our nation with the free rights of citizens, have used our hospitality to strike at the foundations of our laws. There may be a few to weep their martyrdom. But they will be very...
...Jean the Woman" was adapted by one Jeannie Macpherson and produced by Cecil de Mille with creditable attention to historic detail and imposing display. Three scenes--the raising of the Siege of Orleans, the Coronation, and the final episode of the Martyrdom--stand out from the rest, and are more than worth seeing. Only it must be said that the Orleans business, though magnificent in effect, is, from the strategic point of view, extremely puzzling. We do not know whether Miss Macpherson is responsible for the battle scenes, but we fear the "love interests" in the photo-play must...
...literary fields, who gained in sureness and resultant beauty of effect at each new sally, a youth of large promise as a future literary figure. The article makes clear, too, the qualities of character which shaped Mariett into a hero for those who knew him intimately in his long martyrdom...