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Such is not the fate of all artistic revolutions. It is reserved solely for those ill-balanced artists who run so counter to human nature as to leave entirely out of their works that vein of goodness and sublimity which runs through all mankind...
...through runs a vein of anger and bitterness. The title itself is biter, and the dedication to "Certain poets, friends of mine (all but one)" is still consistent. While each poem seems conceived in wrath and dedicated to irony, he does not dodge invective; see his remarks to "The Public" beginning...
...most successful stories these British authors have given us are in humorous vein. "The Mayor's Dovecote", by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, is an amusing tale, a pleasant revival of human nature in fiction. "Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty", by Stacy Aumonier, contains a situation upon which Leonard Merrick might have congratulated himself. This is another story that inevitably suggests a much greater writer; would that Mr. Merrick had put his finger...
...influential member of the National Research Council and of various civic bodies. Recently he was instrumental in preparing a proclamation (TIME, June 4) signed by some 40 distinguished clergymen and scientists, that there is no incompatibility between essential religion and science. An article by him in a similar vein (A Scientist Confesses His Faith) appeared in the Christian Century for June...
...dearest dream is to own a boat big enough to sleep and fry bacon in; to write three good novels and about 30 good plays, each of which would run a year on Broadway. A publisher once came to me and said that I had a Harold Bell Wright vein which I was neglecting to cultivate, and that there was no reason why I shouldn't make $30,000 a year if I would write that kind of book and let him publish it. He is buried in the suburbs of Philadelphia...