Word: truth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...quandary as to the truth of such a strong statement, the CRIMSON reporter called upon the superior linguistic and elocutionary knowledge of Frederick C. Packard, Jr. '20, assistant professor of Public Speaking, for an opinion as to the truth or falsity of the remark. Professor Packard was 10th to express himself on such an important point at short notice, and quoted Alexander Woolcott as an exponent of the idea of talking things over with one's self, for which purpose he asked a half hour's grace. This was cheerfully accorded...
...Cukor's statement, if quoted correctly, is the sort of generalization that is all the more misleading because it contains a certain amount of truth. Everyone knows that the south of England speech is generally considered to be the standard for the language, and Boston has, by inheritance, held to this standard somewhat more than the rest of the country. However it is certainly true that the King's English is spoken just as well by individuals in any good-sized community in the country...
...truth! ''Then sing, brethren and sisters." Praise de Lawd. . . . Yeah...
...even a banker is safe in his company. Though some of his books have been best-sellers in Germany, his finespun writing will never appeal to the U. S. masses. But the man-in-the-street, more than half right about the smokescreen, would have missed the coal of truth. This week's company of tail-coated diners were delighted to honor a prominent professional but they also represented a wider audience of deeper views. That audience, which has waded through the lengthy Buddenbrooks and clambered up the perilous slopes of The Magic Mountain, will not hesitate to plunge...
Descent into Hell is the subtitle of his Prelude. In 54 close-packed pages Author Mann justifies his caption, presents the prehistorical theory on which his narrative is founded. "Very deep is the well of the past. Should we not call it bottomless?" Not truth but mystery lies at the bottom of the well. Recorded history goes down only a little way. "Where then do they lie in time, the beginnings of human civilization? How old is it? . . . We have only to enquire, to conjure up a whole vista of time-coulisses opening out infinitely, as in mockery." But there...