Word: spiritedly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Another member is William D. Upshaw, able and sincere, but enthusiastically misguided. He thinks he is a St. George fighting dragons, yet I admire him for the 'spirit' he puts into his fight...
They came from the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. They came with a message from the League. The message which Mrs. White, Mrs. Villard and the others brought was this: War toys instil into a child's mind a militaristic spirit. Therefore the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom wishes to do away with war toys. It requests the toy manufacturers to aid it by ceasing to make the devices which prompt the young and innocent to devilish thoughts of war. If the toy manufacturers will cease, the Women's International...
...honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of Michigan, the University of Nebraska, the University of Missouri, the University of Chicago, Brown University and Harvard University. He has written a great deal on law and related subjects; among his best known works are "Readings on Roman Law", "The Spirit of the Common Law", "Philosophy of Freemasonry", and "Law and Morals...
...movement in your country was of course, Wait Whitman, I cannot say that I agree with Mr. Untermeyer in calling him the motivating force in modern American Poetry which I am now writing, I have had occasion to study Whitman rather extensively, and I greatly admire his power and spirit. There was a freedom and freshness about his attitude and work which has had a tremendous influence in the liberal and radical movements of this century...
...feelingless sermons in the Church. These youths desired more feeling, more joy, and more creative activism of their own instead of being dominated by the conventions of their elders. Unfortunately, this movement is fast dying away. Old leaders dominate the organization together with communists and politicians, and the spirit and enthusiasm of youth is lacking...