Word: outwards
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dismissal (of Bismarck), an historical antimonarchist play by Emil Ludwig, was produced for the first time at Berlin and has caused a good deal of comment in the press; although the people, surprisingly enough, refrained from any outward manifestation of their contempt or approval. The absence of rotten eggs and other uncomplimentary gifts is considered by the antiroyalist press as nothing short of a 1923 miracle; even the monarchist journals are not too enthusiastic for Wilhelm. Herewith some comments...
...Rupert Hughes novel is called Within These Walls. It is the story of a house and the many happenings within it?the story of how a family fought for generations to preserve the outward respectability of its home, only to have it flooded by the onrush of the water which destroyed towns and valleys and hills at the birth of the great Croton water system above New York City. It is the romance of this great engineering feat that led Mr. Hughes to make it the focal point of his novel. Flooded towns, broken walls, rushing waters! What a movie...
...much attention is given to outward demonstrations of importance in the colleges of this country", said Mr. Robson, "and not enough to hard, penetrating study...
...emphasize the significance of the past week. The chalice of the Christian communion service is related, as far as ritual goes, to the cup of the Jewish passover. Although at the Last Supper, Jesus gave an entirely different significance to the feast, yet He did not entirely change its outward form...
...mere detail of giving a letter to non-athletes is of minor importance. But the clamoring for "recognition" indicates that too many institutions are tainted by that smallness of soul which regards outward display more than inward satisfaction. The colleges should be the first to realize that a "cum laude" without power is irony. Their ideal should be the spirit of true craftsmanship, the desire to do something, not for a specious reward, but for the sake of doing...