Word: profound
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...shocking revelations at Washington of betrayal of public interest must give profound concern to every lover of our institutions and to every patriotic American regardless of party . . . The duty of the Government is no less to punish those who are guilty than to protect those who are innocent. No attempt to divert attention from the guilty should be permitted...
...Harmonious Development of Man." The principles upon which his method is based were acquired by Mr. Gurdjieff and others during thirty years of travel and study among the learned men of Persia, Tibet and India, where the seachers tried to supplement the knowledge of the West with the profound learning of the Eastern yogis and Lamas...
...designer of settings for sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Daniel C. French. Among his many successes are the memorial to James McNeill Whistler in the West Point Library and the Marcus Alonzo Hanna monument at Cleveland. But his crowning achievement was the memorial to Lincoln. Here his profound knowledge of Greek architecture, coupled with his skill in adapting classic design to modern needs, produced possibly the most dignified piece of architecture in the country. Mr. Bacon was selected by the Fine Arts Commission in 1911 to design this important work and was given what he said was "the best...
...Wendel, in the name of the Commission on Foreign Affairs, moved in an atmosphere of noiseless solemnity an address of sympathy from the tribune of the Chamber to the U. S. House of Representatives on the death of ex-President Wilson: "The Chamber of Deputies is profoundly moved by the news of the death of President Wilson. Having a grateful memory of this great citizen, under whose Presidency the United States brought to France and to her allies, engaged in the crudest of all wars, an inestimable aid, and whose every effort was for the creation of a definite peace...
...perfectly satisfied with four years of more or less indiscriminate browsing about in courses which happen to appeal to them. Any program which seeks to standardize academic education is opposed to its true spirit, which permits the utmost freedom and individuality, even though brilliant scholarship or profound knowledge do not always result...