Word: spirits
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Scripture," said Thomas a Kempis sought to be read in the spirit in which it was written." This statement taken from the writings of an Augustinian monk holds true today as much as it ever did in the fifteenth century...
...real spirit of the Hudson Bay Country is caught in these stories of Indians, white traders, French Canadians, halfbreeds and huskies...
...accurate. There is, too, throughout the book a almost constant use of the present tense alone--a trick of style fast becoming hackneyed in contemporary biography--which is no doubt meant to add liveliness to the narrative, but often seems to approach tedious affectation. There is even a "Time Spirit," who writes down now and then Mr. Gorman's views on his subjects present and future fame. Where these devices appeal, the biography will. Elsewhere it is likely to interest only those who come to it unfamiliar with Longfellow's rather uneventful life. By such this book will be welcomed...
...always been understood that this liberal spirit was to be found in even greater measure in the Law School. It comes as a distinct shock, therefore, to learn that a member of the School who is guilty of missing a single lecture, is deemed by Dean Pound to be "prima facie an undesirable student", and is threatened with expulsion. It is true that all hope is not lost. Perfect behavior on the part of the "undesirable" may avert the consequences of his grave misconduct. But the taint of the original sin remains forever...
...doesn't. But for Mr. Tilden it is a different matter, as he has just left the tennis firmament and is in a new world which needs conquering. He knows what zest a really ambitious tournament adds to the occasion and hence is out to sharpen the spirit of competition in dramatic circles. One fears, however, for the outcome of Mr. Tilden in the event, that his all-American acting team should be chosen, it only on the basis of Critic Benchley's cogent comment that Tilden could probably coin more cash with Pyle's than with his own theatrical...