Word: spirit
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...shall write it in English, which, owing to the diversity of Harvard college and the spirit of democracy, you may translate into the language of your choice...
Pinsky's ability to convey the profound spirit of depression found in many of the Inferno's cantos supports his contention that the poem may be about the inner state of the soul in life, as well as after death...
Nearly 700 years ago, Dante broke with tradition by writing about such a weighty subject (i. e., salvation and the Christian afterlife) in the "low" style of Comedy; and, in doing so, produced a work in the vulgar tongue of his native Florence. That bold spirit of adventure now awaits the contemporary English reader, just as it once did the trecento Florentine...
...makers say Republicans don't care about minorities because we oppose measures which help them fight injustice. In reality we oppose affirmative action not because we want to oppress minorities, but because it is totally at odds with the spirit of the civil rights movement and the idea of a meritocracy...
...Harvard must be careful to preserve its separation from the program elsewhere. The spirit of the new policy is that ROTC is essentially a private extracurricular activity, neither condoned nor prohibited by the University...