Word: perfected
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Titian, perhaps influenced the latter. Calm in mood, dignified in conception, Titian is the embodiment of excellence in painting. He made no attempt to express the inexpressible, but was rather the portrayer of humanity. For ninety-nine years he lived in full possession of his powers, combining a perfect mastery of his art with a wide knowledge of nature. It is generally not permissible to call an artist the best there has been, but if anyone deserves the superlative, it is Titian...
...means with which God has thought fit to endow him; but he can no more trim the natural power within him to a pattern than he can alter his stature. Each man is different from his fellows, as are the leaves of a tree; and at best a perfect simulation can be but an imperfect substitution...
With the opening of the fifteenth century the new movement for the revival of ancient art and literature began in earnest, and this movement found its most perfect expression in art. This was chiefly owing to the Italian nature, which had received all its classical and biblical instruction from colored object teaching. Painting was the color thought of the people. Every person was an art critic, for all the churches were art schools. Through this whole period of the Renaissance the church was always the greatest patron of art, and three-fourths of all the paintings of the time...
...party with a view to stimulating their appetite for improved citzenship, as outlined by the platforms of that party. There is no doubt that the league has contributed considerable strength to the Republican party since the plan was introduced. An effort will probably be made this year to further perfect the organization by the formation of state leagues, and thus to better systematize the work. Each college is entitled to send five delegates to the convention, and it is desired to have Harvard well represented. The plan for the convention embraces the possibility of addresses by Governor McKinley, Chauncey...
...mirror is poor, that is if the reflected light be too faint, the best observer can get no good results. Thus often in the troubles and perplexities of life, even those who know God best cannot distinguish His hand. On the other hand, if the mirror be perfect there is nothing told to one who is not a good observer. Thus while to a naturalist every plant and rock tells how the laws of nature are working, to the uneducated they mean nothing. So in religion sometimes where God's light is most clearly reflected, there are those to whom...