Word: temperamental
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"Yes,--even greater than Hamlet, although it is very difficult to compare the two. It depends very much on the temperament of the actor. My own tends toward the Greek drama. The character of Hamlet is greater in scope than that of Oedipus; its philosophy is more profound and infinitely...
"This population is almost all of Filipino blood, although there are many Americans and there foreigners in manila and its environs. Many Americans have the idea that the Japanese are overflowing in to the Philippine Islands but this is not the cases. In 1921, they numbered about 7,000. The...
Mary Garden, with her enormous prestige, was made manager. One might have guessed that a soprano was a sorry person to direct an opera company, with its natural animosities between singers; that Miss Garden, with her inspired caprices, least of all was of a temperament for the job. Feuds and...
Edward W. Bok, of Philadelphia, as a public citizen, makes it his business to supply suitable rewards. He has established the Philadelphia Award of $10,000 annually to the person who renders the most significant service to that city. He has established the American Peace Award of $100,000 (see...
Robert Frost, a Californian transplanted to Vermont soil, took book-learning fitfully at Dartmouth, then at Harvard, reverted early to the teachings of nature in open fields and wooded hill country. He was and is a farmer, by temperament and occupation, but has found time to teach, first at a...