Word: perfectability
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Marbles throughout the Parthnon is the carefulness with which the sculptors completed their work in every part. It made no difference to them whether a part of the figures was to be covered and never seen by the people they took as much pains to make these parts as perfect in detail as those which were in open view...
...without doubt it was the favorite of the programme. Gericke brought out the melodic beauties of the work with true artistic feeling. The soloist of the evening was Mr. C. M. Loeffler. His rendering of the Scotch Fantasie was a delightful treat to all music lovers, and in perfect keeping with the high standard of this artist. The work makes unusual demands on the player but Mr. Loeffler met all technicalities with the greatest of ease. The concert ended with the allegretto and finale from Beethoven's eighth Symphony. Mr. Gericke received an ovation as he stepped from the platform...
German literature of today is in harmony with the idea that the government should exist to perfect the individual rather than the state, and hence we may say that German literature is in opposition to German government. The lecturer then briefly sketched the history of Germany, showing how after the thirty pear's war it was seen that strong bonds of unison among the different principalities could only be maintained by allowing the individual more freedom of thought...
Steps are being taken towards the organization of an Andover club. A meeting will be called next week to perfect arrangements...
...mean merely the giving up of the evils and unnecessary pleasures of life, but even the good things. There must be a capability to sacrifice the good for the better. With renunciation must come aspiration, the longing after stronger influences for good,- that is prayer. Christ is the perfect example of the blending of these two elements of success...