Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...coverage of natural resources [Sept. 17, Oct. 1] is appreciated by people concerned with conservation. That conservation has finally become news is a step toward the day when Americans will realize the wisdom of Henry Beston's words: "Do no dishonour to the earth, lest you dishonour the spirit...
...marches and hymns of Europe. "I keep hearing bits and pieces from the Marche Consulaire," says one French African hand. The Brazzaville Congo's La Congolaise is vaguely reminiscent of La Marseillaise, and differs from the Debout Congolais of the Leopoldville Congo more in detail than in spirit: "Congolese, arise," sing the Brazzavillians, whereas Moise Tshombe's people are called upon to "Arise, Congolese...
Remarkably, most new anthems have managed to avoid personal jingoism. Ghana, of course, sings the praises of Kwame Nkrumah, and Tunisia pays tribute to "the spirit of our Habib, the great leader," but few other new nations have used their songs to glorify current heroes. South Africa's whites have even resisted, mercifully enough, the temptation to change their lovely anthem to the Verwoerd March...
...more typical of his personality was the calm, winning grace with which he carried through the exhausting ritual of his visit-and with which he happily departed from protocol when the spirit moved him. There was visible friendship and affection in the two-handed gesture with which he saluted crowds, in the avuncular kiss with which he rewarded a child...
...Montaigne. Four centuries have passed since, pent in his tower study outside Bordeaux, he set down the Essays that were to transport his name to literature's firmament. Immured in an age that was largely brutal, incurious and ignorant, he managed to convey a message and a spirit so lively and civilized that they have come down through the centuries virtually unscathed...