Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...person Booth was singularly good to look at. He was of middle height and more closely knit than most Americans, but his body, though so compact, was grace itself. Every muscle, every feature was under perfect control, and it was this that enabled him to be his best characters rather than to act them. His beauty was of a manly kind and showed the intellect which lay behind it; but his voice was perhaps his chief charm. He was a model for all speakers of English, and he gave Shakespeare's lines with as little effort as if they were...
...students of the University of Mothodist 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...
...types to the other. They are no at all alike but they can live and work side by side. All three types are needed, the priest to preserve the good of the past, the prophet to help us on, and the philosopher to help us find the truth. The perfect man will be the one combining these three types...
...Winkle." Praise for the player or commendation for the play would be supererogotory, for the first is so universally esteemed and the last so generally admired, that no words can add to the deserved popularity of either. For a generation "Rip Van Winkle" has been a perfect delight to theatre-goers of America, and to have seen Jefferson in the great role which he created will be a pleasant remembrance for all time. The present opportunities are limited to one weeksix nights and two matinees-and the sale of seats for the eight performances will begin next Monday morning...
...Crothers preached at vespers in Appleton Chapel yesterday from the text, "The path of the just is as a shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day." He said, human life often seems to a man to be an anti-climax. A young man starts out in the world with high ideals, striving to be perfect, the best in everything, the superlative in all his work. But as he grows older and sees how hard it is to attain even mediocrity, his ideals usually fall. He drops from the superlative to the comparative. He is trying...