Word: seem
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Said the ebullient man from Idaho: "I am utterly opposed to the whole theory and policy upon which such proceedings seem to be based. . . . Here is a woman who has attained distinction in the diplomatic service and represents a Government which has been recognized by all the great powers of the earth except the United States. It seems to be thought that our institutions would not stand the strain. Are our institutions so frail or have we sacrificed and forever disregarded every tradition which once gave us a unique distinction among all nations...
...South from this cause than the hunters in the valley had killed when they went through. . . . We did not need lower bag limits. We needed more water and more food. Yet all through that distressing situation we were bombarded with associational propaganda in which it was made to seem that unless we shot fewer wild ducks there would be none left...
...more serious are other faults in the book. Mr. Gorman loves sweeping statements, many of which seem to come near exaggerations. When he remarks in summing up the poet's work, "Not once have the deep springs of life been touched in living verse," there seems to be room for a saving, "Well, hardly ever...
...what has often been said before. Others, not "disciples," but familiar with Longfellow's life and writing may find the pages of this biography dull, since they offer neither new facts nor a very original interpretation of the old ones. Nor does the form and style of the book seem to add to its interest. There are, to be sure, pen sketches of the externals of the poet's world, which are often vivid and readable, even if a few may not be strictly accurate. There is, too, throughout the book a almost constant use of the present tense alone...
EVEN before reading this "Odyssey" have always felt that among the types of men who could not write literature were war heroes and professional journalists. War heroes usually make the stuff of romance seem commonplace; journalists lose distinction of style and the ability to take pains...