Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Even if the world is not yet what it ought to be, we must recognize that there is another reason for this besides a failure of the force. It is imperfection of the machinery. An article cannot be perfectly manufactured, no matter how great the force, without good machinery. Our machinery could not now be faultless; the science of economics is not yet thoroughly understood, nor is the art of right and just government perfectly clear. So with a boundless force we could not yet have the world perfect, but let us rest assured with so many evidences...
...extracted, and a reproduction of the original in red is obtained on the plate, a similar plate is taken in yellow, and a third in blue. These three plates are now placed one above the other, and printed, and the result is an exact reproduction of the original, so perfect that no painter who ever lived could have copied it as accurately. Certain subtle, delicate qualities in a landscape, never suspected before are brought before the eye. The whole publishing world is looking to this new process, and before many years we may expect to see all our periodicals printed...
...returned to work he carried some of the freshness and love of nature with him and seemed to impart it to those about. Thus living between the busy life of this college world and the peaceful life of the woods he seemed prepared for the passing into that more perfect life beyond...
...hours. Even if the light should be the same on another day, it is impossible to expect that the mood of a painter should be just the same. So he cannot see things in just the same way. To an expert a painting done on different days is a perfect almanac. So the artist must work quickly. His strokes must be accurate and he must know that they are right. Such little details as time of day, temperature, season of the year, and locality always are as plain in the work of a master as they would...
...students of the University of Methodist affiliations are invited to meet to perfect the organization of an Oxford Club. A paper will be given by Rev. C. F. Rice on "Life in the Epworth Rectory...