Word: nathanisms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...intense desire of the two American virtuosi in virulence, Messrs, Mencken and Nathan, to till against every windmill on the plain has led them to attack one of the most respected of modern pedagogical theories. The review of D. W. Fisher's new book, "Teaching the Young to Think", too neatly annihilates the fallacy of teaching how to think, without teaching what to think...
...best seller is Papini's "Life of Christ". A gentle raising of the critical eyebrow marks Harvard's reserved surprise at this announcement. In the CRIMSON Bookshelf for November the Community Bookshop states that Harvard's "great interest these days is in the works of the modern sophisticates, Mencken, Nathan, Van Vochten, Machen, Dreisen, and others, that stimulate the critical faculties...
...Author. Benjamin Nathan Cardozo, aged 54, was born in Manhattan., studied at Columbia University, was admitted to the New York State Bar, was elected (in 1913) to the New York State Supreme Court and (in 1917) an Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals. He is noted for the thoughtful content and stylistic charm of his opinions...
Alexander Woollcott?"It should be reported that George Jean Nathan of the American Mercury shook and roared with cosmopolitan merriment throughout the evening, and that Robert C. Benchley of Life faded away after the first act, leaving the play to be reviewed by his astral body...
Having stoned the reporters and the professors for twenty years, Mencken and Nathan now squawk for their help as they begin to endow America with a first-rate magazine...