Word: quests
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Critics wrote reverently when they saluted the departing Maestro, recalled his many magical performances, his tireless quest for perfection, his abhorrence of all claptrap. Few other conductors could have withstood the adulation that has been lavished on Toscanini during his decade with the Philharmonic. Yet not one commentator has failed to point to Toscanini's humility in the presence of great music. When players interrupted a rehearsal to applaud their leader, he would cut them short with: "It is not I, Gentlemen. It is Beethoven...
...cause of peace. Professional patriots like the Legion cannot attack the gathering at Sanders as they handled rebellious Chicago school children, or obfuscate the appeal of men such as Prall and Darvall by throwing a cordon of tin-hatted warriors around the battlements of Memorial Hall. The quest for peace can gain real effectiveness if reason, not emotion, prevails...
Unsuccessful in his original quest, since the Roosevelt boys were not at home, the versatile soft-drink magnate left quietly with his bodyguard. Yesterday, as a result of his gratitude, lime rickey, grape juice, and other beverages flowed freely in University Hall...
This is a time of peril for the Universities of the world--liberty is the life blood of those who are in quest of truth...
...will journey to the Boston studios of station WBZ for a repetition of the speech for the benefit of Harvard Clubs throughout the world. He will give only the latter part of his speech over the air, however, which treats academic freedom, the fluidity of endowed funds, and the quest of truth...