Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Beethoven was a man of colossal genius, originality and definitiveness; Eliot is not. That might make all the difference in the world; it makes a good deal less than might be supposed. For Eliot, if he lacks major genius, is nevertheless a man of fine intellect, of profound spiritual intelligence, and of poetic talents which, if "minor," are nevertheless unmatched in his generation. And his subject is of a dignity which, if approached with these abilities, makes excellent poetry unavoidable and great poetry possible...
...attempts to represent the Republican Party as equally internationalist as the Democratic Party; gut the vital statistics of Congressional balloting should show such a statement to be an indulgence of wishful thinking. Mr. Willkie's Republican colleagues are mostly sterile or poisonous so far as international thinking is involved. Nevertheless, Willkie's breadth of thought may influence the G. O. P. to a greater wisdom. In any event, he is their only candidate...
...Record. Thus last week the Royal Navy ended its great contribution to the Tunisian campaign. If its men, so bitterly familiar with evacuations, were a little disappointed that Jerry and Eyetie collapsed for the most part on shore and did not try to evacuate in mass, their disappointment was nevertheless tempered by anticipation of future action...
From that shock the Germans and Italians never recovered. Their commanders undoubtedly had foreseen the fall of Tunis. Nevertheless they failed to appreciate what a little blitz of 40 miles would do to their own armies. Psychologically, they broke down...
...economic foresight of retaining, both clothes and books is admirable; the economic optimism of selling them is praiseworthy. Far be it from Brooks House to stifle foresight or optimism. Nevertheless, an anecdotal punch line of William Dean Howell's is applicable now: "Distinguished men can't care much for their (old) clothes, sir. Their thoughts soars to 'igher things...