Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...considerable searching, it has come to our attention that Spring is nearly upon us. A conclusion justified by the presence of mud in the Yard. Not just isolated patches, but long rolling, reeking swathes of rich, brown mud. Now there is nothing innately evil about mud, save for the sake of the few dogs and freshmen who disappear with a slow, sinking motion. But after a while the mud dries and green grass begins to grow. Now grass isn't innately evil either, except for its color. The green of the grass in the Yard clashes with the green cement...
...heart of this luminous voracity lies Trilling's abhorrence for "art for the sake of art." Art is a criticism of life, and reading is a criticism of life. And when you read this commentary you do not pigeon-hole, or classify as significant. You must answer any imperative demand to live in certain ways. When he talks about Dickens he does not say "what an interesting man," nor "what a monumental figure," nor "what a perceptive characterizer," but rather he demands do as Dickens did. A book is ultimately a call to reaction and then action...
...superficial friendliness, where charm is an easy way of life, and genuine warmth is reserved for work. And yet, at the worst of his extravertigo, Bernstein never lost sight of his first principles: truth to his word, loyalty to friends and family, devotion to music for its own sake. Nor did he ever lose his highly engaging, childlike wonder at being famous and doing exciting things, like meeting movie stars or the New York Philharmonic's august board of directors...
...going on a mystery play, childish and poignant, ridiculous and awful enough, in all conscience ... If I have been amused or indignant, I've neither grinned nor gnashed my teeth. In other words, I've tried to write with dignity, not out of regard for myself, but for the sake of the spectacle, the play with an obscure beginning and an unfathomable dénouement...
...buyers must also be praised, however, for their enterprise and thrift. Not everyone would go out to Chicago at the last minute that way just for the sake of a bunch of out-at-heels students. There is no way of telling how much more corned beef and cabbage can be served because of the buyers' waiting until the meat could be condemned. We only wish that more money could be saved. Perhaps the buyers might be able to wangle a little of that Cutters-and-Canners', for Sundays and holidays...