Word: rich
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Rich Art of the Wood-Engraver" will be the subject of a lecture at the Fogg Art Museum this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock by Mr. Frank Weitenkampf, chief of the art and print division of the New York Public Library. The lecture will be open to the public...
...Dramatic Club will produce during the second week of December, is the most interesting product of contemporary Russian literature. Abandoning the older traditions that prevailed from Ostrovski to Tolstoi, and passing by the school of Tchekov, Andreyev has brought to the theatre a unique form of art, the rich possibilities of which he is still developing...
...Letter on the Theatre," published in the theatrical journal, "Maski," Andreyev illustrates his views on the theatre of the future by drawing an interesting contrast between the lives of two men of widely different ages and points of view, Benvenuto Cellini and Fried rich Nietzsche. He emphasizes the former's life of crowded events and the latter's withdrawal from such life into the silence and inactivity of the study, where the real drama of Nietzsche's life, however, lies. But, writes Andreyev--"Humbly bowing before the immutable law of action, the contemporary drama declines to represent--indeed, cannot represent...
...Moreover China provides a remarkably rich field for religious work. She has a legacy of a rich religious past, and a mind trained in religious experiences. It is for the mission worker to supplement and fill out those same religious experiences by the teachings of Christianity. The Christian faith cannot be imposed. It must be adapted to the needs of the people for whom it is meant. This fundamental fact was recognized as far back as the time of Pope Gregory the Great who instructed Augustine to adapt his religious teachings to the understanding of the Britains among whom...
...housed in the Widener Room--a truly superb collection! It would be very difficult for us to believe that the tastes of students have altered appreciably within that time. In fact I know myself of one undergraduate who is now laying the foundation for a collection which gives rich promise for the future. His books range from first editions of Thomas Hardy through early Aldines and Elzevirs to Incunabula printed within fifteen years after the invention of the art. Many of the undergraduates whom I know, not content with what our American firms can offer, avail themselves of the richer...