Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fact, its substance is rather thin. The most interesting and significant article is one by Mr. L. P. Mansfield, "Beauty and the Beast"--refreshing, if not at times inspiring, in its plea for individuality in these days when there is so much talk about crushing out individuality, for the sake of democratic solidarity. In his admiration of Tolstoy and "the individuality of Russian art," Mr. Mansfield, to be sure, may not seem himself especially individual. Russian art is very much the fashion nowadays. But Mr. Mansfield is entirely right in insisting that the tradition of our college is to preserve...
...philosophy, must be from the heart and from the mind. And to bring a man's intellect to the proper pitch for producing music, it is necessary for him to have had the time to be a student,--to have probed to the truths of life for their own sake. This is the lesson of the college to the artist and to the musician, a desire to understand and to express life, and a firm conviction that what he is doing is worth while, whether it is recognized or not. This is the challenge which must be flung to those...
...influence extending far up Brattle street and as far down as the dens of Boylston Hall,--the demon of irreligion. But what Mr. Wright gives us is a colorful web of reminiscence and meditation. He pleads for a creed of spiritual temperance, of purity and discipline, for the sake of the aesthetic satisfaction to be derived from such a view. This he calls the pagan morality, and such it is if Francis Thompson is the authentic model of Catholicism and Cotton Mather of non-Catholic Christianity. But may it not here be the signs of a growth in wisdom...
...want to see a play for the sake of its general excellence, in structure and in cast, by all means go to "Justice" at the Plymouth. But if you look for something merely amusing, avoid it; for "Justice" is a play which first of all makes you think, and then leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth...
...faults in the play are not particularly obvious except in the unfortunate condition of the scenery in the corridor of the prison. The court room scene is particularly impressive, though much of it should be sacrificed for the sake of brevity and strength...