Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...despite some falterings, pagan in spirit as well as form. Not only do the faun and Bacchus sport upon the cover, but also there is keen sincerity in the written work. If the contributors are almost always conscious in their pose and if sometimes the strain is over-obvious, this is no fault of theirs: in our world sanity cannot be unconscious...
...most obvious element of attractiveness in the ministry is its stability as a continuing function of society. It rests back upon fundamental and essentially unchanging elements of human experience; it has the immense initial advantage of springing from, and appealing to, one of the central instincts of the human race. For the minister is par excellence the religious leader of the community and religion is one of the most serious, the most permanent and inclusive interests of human beings. The sex hunger, the desire for food and clothing the passion to understand ourselves and the universe in which we live...
...obvious objection offered in opposition to the policy of choosing a vocation early, however, is the possibility--yes, even the probability--of an erroneous or misguided judgment, followed perhaps by the disastrous consequences of failure or of mere mediocrity in after life. In the face of that rebuttal there is, nevertheless, a justification for choosing a life-work as soon as possible--a justification which the Advocate scribe might well have remarked...
...criminal negligence in failing to prevent their students from firing with sickness? Is he not casting slurs upon the character of the swimming team manager? For surely it would be only the most unscrupulous of persons who would fall to report such irregularities as the correspondent alleges are so obvious...
...events are recommended, one a straightaway dash, 75 yards, and the other a straightaway hurdle race. In these two events it is obvious that there must be a definite individual winner, still the team competition is in fact adhered to, for the actual winner, individually, cannot gain any trophy, a system of point awards being made so that there will have to be team competition...