Word: mightly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...latest biography of one of the great trilogy of Russian writers, perhaps even, if one may attempt to set foot upon the odious road of comparisons, the greatest of the group which put a new literature before the world: Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev. Tolstoy and Turgenev painted upon what might be called a variation of the Western canvas, with new colors; Dostoevsky created a new easel and a new technique. It is the difference between a Raphael and a Rembrant...
...Russian mind. And the attempt is singularly successful. From the very nature of the works with which he has to deal, a mere investigation and discussion of what may be called the facts of the novels--their construction, their action, even their dramatic quality--however painstaking and exact it might be, would be of little value. One must go deeper to find the kernel; one must pierce the shell of the detective story and delve deep into the psychological development of the works, for in them is mirrored the development not only of Dostoevsky's idea, but of Dostoevsky himself...
...kneel to worship the brave hero who should defy the current cake of though. Someone has said,--"Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread", but I question whether the world should ever have advanced had we never had these so called "fools". A study of historical progress might seem then, according to this thesis, a study of fools in chronological order beginning with Socrates and following through with Erasmus, Copernicus, Bruno, Sir Thomas Moore, Tolstoy, Darwin, and last, but tritely enough, not least, Stephen Vincent Benet...
...human sympathy--one finds that justice has been a main chord. South and North, each has its turn--probably the reason both these sections of our country have acclaimed the book as a classic. A striking feature is the manner in which Benet handles such a wide field. One might say the war is dealt with in terms of various imaginary individuals and their reactions. This lends that personal touch which serves equally well as a main, solemn connecting thread through out the story and as a gripping bond with the reader. With all the many complications which might easily...
...present Student Council is to be strongly commended for facing squarely the problem of paying off debts incurred through none of its own doing. At the same time, however, that past Student Council deficits are being wiped out it might not be amiss to investigate the whole tangle of official undergraduate finance. Centralized and responsible control of all class and general undergraduate funds offers the most logical solution of future difficulties...