Word: sage
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Williams, the donor of the prize, is a prominent lawyer and city planner. He is the author of the New York city planning law, and has recently taken part in the legal survey for the Plan of New York and its Environs sponsored by the Russell Sage Foundation...
...Mixed metaphors," a sage declares, "are defensible as long as they show fertility rather than poverty of imagination." No doubt W. L. Geroge is a genius; this masterpiece is from one of his novels; "The cloud that tried to stab their happiness was only a false rumor whose bitter taste could not shatter the radiance nor dim the effervescence of their...
...Some sage has discovered that the hair on the top of the head has nothing to do with the brains inside. At least, such is the implication of a recent bit of news from Columbia. Of course it has to do with the psychological tests. A large group of graduates, it appears, gathered for the Alumni Day exercises, fell into a discussion as to whether or not their brains were as sharp as those of the present Freshmen: and to settle the question, playfully decided to submit themselves to the curious quiz that makes or mars a mentality. The deed...
Today Thackeray's position is comparatively secure and Dickens is still required by English courses--the final test of true greatness; but of contemporaries one never can tell. The sage Dr. Johnson refused to give a line of Richardson for all Fielding's novels. Posterity disagrees, although O. Henry is far more widely read at present than Stevenson in complete contradiction to the views of critics of their day, it is still impossible to forecast which will be required in English...
...emphatically declared, is poorest measure of success. Success is measured in Service--in what you do for the other fellow. That is the greatest thing possible. In old age it is a wonderful thing to be able to look back on a life of service." He spoke of Russell Sage, who spent all his life making money, and, when he became old and realized the end was near, was at a loss to know what disposition to make of his wealth. He was true to himself and left it all to his wife, Mrs. Sage, who, with a clearer vision...