Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...humble opinion, political censorship of books is inevitable, though tragic. It is inevitable because of the attitude of certain authors and publishers who definitely trade on the sensational and salacious character of some of their books. For the sins of these few, the rest, apparently, must suffer. For the sake of publicity, largely, these authors demand this and that. Their lack of dignity would obscure their genius, even if the actual quality of their work did not preclude their consideration as serious artists...
...this is only a single example of that American disease known as "souvenior-collecting". According to Europe, America entered the War for the sake of souvenirs; the hammers of Yankee vandals have chipped corners from every unguarded work of art from the Sphinx to the Coliseum; and probably some ingenious progenitor is responsible for the present condition of the Winged Victory of Samothrace, and Venus de Milo. Innumerable replicas have saved the Lion of Lueerne, and in the Lincoln Memorial is a gentleman who follows every visitor around at a polite distance to preserve the gleaming integrity of the marble...
...closely related. The present objective as the Englishman recognized, is too often simply distinction. If a student's choice of activities were guided by his own tastes, if his aim were the satisfaction or the personal profit which he could find in an interest for its own sake, many of America's collegiate difficulties would disappear. Recently Yale has shown manifestations of some such renaissance, and here, too, the tendency is more and more toward the pursuit of those interests which seem to offer the individual the most of this self-development. The plea should not be for more "recognition...
...155th exhibit gives the impression that Englishmen have been compelled to pursue art for money's sake. The exhibition is an endless parade of fashionable portraits painted for a price and fashionable onlookers...
...want them to get first-hand knowledge of the army and what it is doing. We have enough supplies and troops on board to justify the voyage and its expense, even if there were no Senators or Representatives on the ship," said Mr. Weeks. " For heaven's sake, don't call this a junket! A junket is a trip where the people's money is spent unnecessarily...