Word: profound
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...force alone constructs has neither permanence nor life." The concept of triumphant conquest he answers with Bacon's epigram: "Rome did not spread upon the world; the world spread upon the Romans." Says he: if the Nazis, the Fascists and the Japanese "had even a glimmering of this profound truth they might become centres of lasting world systems. But it is of their natures that they are blind to the eternal laws. They try to spread upon the world and the world, in due time, will cast them...
...Queen's Doctor, Zaharoff) has few competitors in recent fiction. Like Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath and Richard Wright's Native Son, it was written with passion called forth by human wrong. But in Neumann's case that wrong is more complex, less local, more profound: it is the story of the Jews of Europe, of whom Vienna-born Neumann is one. By the Waters of Babylon is perhaps his masterpiece, perhaps theirs...
...thinking of you deeply while you are sharing with me our profound attachment and complete dedication to our immortal country. Gird yourselves to face difficult tests, together with allied Germany, with uncrushable faith in mastering them...
...after denouncing gringo imperialism a week before, suddenly turned prodemocratic. Addressing the important Latin-American Confederation of Labor, he left his audience goggle-eyed with surprise by declaring, "There was never truer friendship between North American and Latin-American peoples. We Mexicans feel great current cordiality, sympathy and profound friendship uniting us. We must fight fascism to the death and preserve democracy." Amused at his sudden conversion, the Mexican press dubbed it his "new testament." Observers wondered to what extent this change of heart reflected the always queer relations of Moscow and Berlin...
...unaccented human truth. The wildness and gloom of her husband's country oppressed her; the rigid social etiquette and slack business habits of his friends made her smile, the rituals of boar hunting on his 10,000-acre estate both thrilled and repelled her; his family's profound and narrow piety troubled her; the ignorance, poverty and knavery of his peasants disgusted her. Because she was a straight-and nai've-American, her book clearly mirrors all that. But because she is intelligent and gentle, it also mirrors individuality, fertility and peace; the pride of a people...