Word: spirits
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Cantonese as "Jumbo's Box Car." It would readily hold nine men, and considerable tools or luggage be- sides. It had extra high gears. It was battered, dented and per- forated with the marks of a hundred unguessable expeditions. Ac- tually quite innocent, it seemed to symbolize the spirit of what the Ohio underworld casually refers to as "the Mellett...
...quite out of line with the best liberal pedagogy of the day and with the ironic resurrection of "mauve" and "dreadful" decades now so popular in the U. S. But without bias, Mr. Baldwin's listeners reflected, there might be nothing left of party, or even of national, spirit among men. Even supposing impartial history could be made readable, the stunting effect of philosophical detachment upon young people's emotional equipment would be fearful to contemplate. They might never have the slightest desire to rush out to war for the motherland. They might reason so broadly about government...
...whole Church-not just a few individuals-must be awakened and aroused to its duty to spread the Evangel. This means nothing less than a complete change of mind, a reorientation of our whole attitude, a new baptism of the Spirit. . . . Viewing the fields already ripe to the harvest, we would offer ourselves as reapers, saying individually and corporately-'Here am I; send...
...Duce's disfavor-has almost the German genius for obscurity in his metaphysical philosophy of the spirit. He is at his best in esthetics, urging on the world the worship of beauty...
...There is still much in America valuable to Japanese students, but I admit one must get back to the land of English to study the language. . . . Nothing but peace and good will can come from the people of many nations who are learning to appreciate the spirit of the English and the English language. An undying friendship between English speaking peoples is my warmest wish...