Word: sayings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...school that the young man had a very difficult time convincing the professor to keep him. Curley soon became Staley's best pupil, and even now, the teacher still sends written comments to the mayor on each of his speeches. What ever you would expect a politician to say in an address, you can rest assured that Curley won't say it; instead of sonorous praises for the Irish Republic, Curley gave, on the night of DeValera's visit to Boston, a witty and fascinating short history of Ireland. Of course, he stuck in a little campaigning before...
When it got down to George Herbert Palmer the best, or worst, Mr. Foster could say in characterization was "a well-known classical scholar." Now somehow that puts Professor Palmer in such a distant historical epocli and causes the background to appear to faded and blurred that my sense of loyalty was aroused. True, Palmer was a classical scholar--his translations of Homer are proof of that; but that is not why he was a great personality--one of the Great Quintette in Philosophy as characterized by Rollo Brown in that fascinating book (which no doubt is on the CRIMSON...
...city mouse's eye was sad but his words were stern, "You shouldn't say that. They've put me out in the street, but I never forget how important...
...That's not so. You forget about all the other things they do when you say things like that." The city-mouse squeaked more shrilly, "you don't hear about all the good things they do in health and trade and food and education. People don't talk about those things...
...Western civilization. The Prime Minister of India, which he calls the "Third Power," simply wanted to see if America was better than Russia. That's why he liked the booming Wellesley reception so much; that's why he told the girls: "I don't know what else to say--I shall remember this visit for a long time...