Word: puree
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...countries have contributed constituent parts of modern culture. Spain has never done this; but for centuries has stood aloof from the really constructive life of Europe. Yet she has been of great service to the life of the imagination; for she has stood as the chief representative of the pure form of that life. So, again and again, periods of imaginative creation in other nations have been prefaced by the study of things Spanish. The reason for this is largely the feeling that Spain and the Spanish character are remarkably rich in color and in romantic interest. Accordingly, we have...
...This idea of love cannot be said to be Dante's distinctively, for it is rather the fusion of three ideas of love which he found prevalent in the world: - the Platonic love, or the desire of the incomplete to make itself perfect, whose ideal was the passion for pure wisdom and pure beauty; the Christian love, which finds its source in tenderness and infinite pity; and the chivalric love, typified by Dante's own love for Beatrice. In this love there was no hope of attaining his beloved, but even after her death, it was her memory that...
...accuracy about the work of the Orchestra which reflects great credit on the Conductor. Miss Wentworth, the soloist of the evening, sang her selections in a very pleasing manner and at the end of the series of songs she was recalled several times. Her voice is of an unusually pure, clear quality and is used with great skill...
...feudal theology. Slowly the people came to believe in one God, but still there remained the contention between the priests and prophets. The priests said that the office of religion was to placate God, while the prophets declared that its office was to please God, to do what was pure and good and righteous. In fact the history of the church, is the conflict between these two, the pagan, and the christian, wrestling through the centuries. But through the contention, certain things became established. First, people believed in the unity of the universe, it was no longer a mass...
...administration has been pure and able in every respect:-(a). High character and ability of cabinet officers:-(b) Excellence of judicial and diplomatic appointments:-(c). Great advance in civil service reform:-(1) Personel of the commission:-(2) Railway mail service;-(3) - Navy yards:-(4) Indian service;-Testimony of Theodore Rosevelt;-(d) Vigorots and dignified foreign policy:-(1) The fisheries question;-(2) New Orleans affair:-(3) The Chilian difficulty...