Word: richest
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...classic languages. Did William James have this in mind when he said to F. C. S. Schiller that "the natural one my of any subject is the professor there-of"? At any rate, specialization in the classics has about succeeded in sealing the tomb of one of the richest sources, if not indeed the richest source, of intellectual and aesthetic stimulation and discipline. May not a too extreme specialization in the teaching of the sciences, of economics and political economy, of education, of literature, work a similar result...
...show what sort of subject I shall treat let us consider the matter of memory. Here is one of the richest and most fascinating fields for investigation and study imaginable. And it is particularly interesting in its sub-conscious elements...
...durbars of the Viceroy attend Princes whose antiquity of lineage combined with wealth exceeds that of any other class of mortals. As the crown jewels of George V outshine those of other Occidental monarchs, so are they outshone by the trinkets of the Nizam* of Hyderabad, "the richest man on earth," a potentate privately possessed of five million acres of crown lands and tangible stores of gold and gems weighing several tons, a monarch who reigns with medieval absolutism over the largest native state in India, over 13 million souls...
...clarity of line and a delicacy of shading which brought every nuance and tint into relief. Even in the difficult counterpoints among the choruses or between certain voices and the orchestra, there was no blurring of the melody. From the most delicate pianissimo to a stirring fortissimo, from the richest chords to the most varied countempointing, every voice came out with a clear, sustained sweet quality rarely if ever found in any other college choral societies. Great praise must be given to Mr. G. W. Woodworth, who trained both clubs in the absence of Dr. Davison, for the admirable work...
...third Finance Minister in as many months, M. Peret has fallen heir to the seemingly insoluble fiscal problems of France. His immediate predecessor, Senator Doumer, failed to solve them, although he is one of the greatest fiscal experts in France. His predecessor was, of course, M. Loucheur, "the richest man in France," a great industrialist whose failure was no less complete. Now appears M. Peret, a skilled lawyer and a veteran politician, but scarcely an expert of the first rank in state finance. He occupied himself with a modicum of quiet activity last week-sent to the Senate those clauses...