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...hath in his heart the improvement of man. Indeed, if this be true, what doth one gain to seek the truth if it doth not lead to more than the impassive real. Better an illusion to raise man up than a truth which doth make him as spiritless as a rock. With my head much troubled by these thoughts, I out for a little walk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 2/7/1936 | See Source »

...girl wrecks her sister's love affair by burning letters from a radical sweetheart, leaves the sister brokenhearted, spiritless, but still safe at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Land of Johnsonese | 8/19/1935 | See Source »

...Bostonian Harvard man, I hall with delight the idea of having a rally Friday night before the Yale game. This rally will fulfill a long-felt need at Harvard. My only fear is that it will be held in such spiritless fashion (because of the celebrated Harvard indifference) as to be completely valueless...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rally? | 11/23/1933 | See Source »

...Jessie Royce Landis), disturbed by her husband's jealousy of her onetime lover (Geoffrey Kerr), hires a ne'er-do-well called Domino (Rod La Rocque) to pretend that it is he who has been her lover. The love of Lorette and the foppish Cremone had been a routine, spiritless affair. Domino makes of it a romantic adventure, much to the discomfort of both ex-lovers, much to the bewilderment of the husband, Heller (Robert Loraine). By the time Husband Heller learns which man has really loved his wife it is too late for the knowledge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Season | 8/29/1932 | See Source »

...Japanese prizefight, he imitates a radio announcer, ends with, "Graham McNamee announcing." There is no pun about Chinese junk. Pictorially, Around the World in 80 Minutes is nothing much. But the cinema has always before treated information as a bore; travelogs have almost without exception been sad and spiritless products proving, to the accompaniment of chop-suey music, that all Chinese look alike. This travelog is a novelty because it is witty and de luxe, the record of a trip which must have been fun and of a personality which is happy, egoistic, alert. Douglas Fairbanks obviously enjoyed making...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Nov. 30, 1931 | 11/30/1931 | See Source »

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