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...Scene III Man is at the summit of his career and all is magnificence and splendor. The action is in a great ballroom with a raised platform at one end, across which Man makes his triumphant way. There is a great central window showing a deep blue sky in the center of the stage. The railing around the raised platform, which is reached by two sets of steps, is of gilt and a great...
...visitor, on entering this museum, it seems to me, can help being impressed with the austere solemnity of the Romanesque hall, the noble delicacy of the Gothic chapel, or the massive splendor of the Renaissance room, and thereby at once being transported into the very spirit of the most significant stages in the development of European culture. This effect of the building itself is heightened by the large collection of architectural views contained in a suite of smaller rooms, views of mediaeval cathedrals and castles, Renaissance city halls and burgher houses, and Baroque and Rococo mansions and palaces. This museum...
...version of which is always played. How it recalled the unforgettable Diaghileff Ballet Russe, and the gorgeous Bakst settings and costumes! Korsakow is always remarkably effective with the orchestra, no matter if at times he sounds banal on the pianoforte. The combination of the barbaric splendor or Russian folk-music and oriental sensuousness never fails to charm; his orchestration will forever serve as a perfect model. It is a pity then to think that he is only known to us through "Scheherazade", "Capricco Espagnol", and "LeCoq d'Or", when there are some fifteen other operas and ballets totally unknown outside...
...make no great effort to wrap their truth in the veil of beauty. The poet, however, must deal concretely with life and must always fold his truth in the veil of beauty. A poem contains truth, but it must contain more than mere truth, it must contain the splendor that is always upon the face of truth, it must contain the beauty that is the smile upon her countenance...
...shimmie" tunes from the Union to Sophomore ears. How to make our visitors realize that the Junior Class is not the only class in Harvard! But those of us who belong to the favored fold proudly ignore such envious murmuring. Tonight the Class of 1920 reviews its past splendor and its future glory, and it is well satisfied with its own company...