Word: viewpoints
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...from the floor of this House much criticism of a distinguished gentleman from my home state, Mr. Edward House. I hold no brief for Mr. House; I am not authorized to speak for him in any particular, but because of such criticism I want to give you a different viewpoint from that which you have had concerning this gentleman...
...Garrett's Ouroboros has the merits of a central idea, an impersonal viewpoint, a cool wit. He traces the growth of machinery from Adam's pastoral day to our pasteurized one, when it has become an essential of our existence, an "extension" of human nature with which humanity will have to harmonize itself or starve...
...English, which is the most difficult of all tongues. The aim of such thoroughness is to penetrate deeply into the very essence of English and American sprit and civilization, and to acquire a complete mastering of the language. Rather do one thing thoroughly than ten artificially is the viewpoint of the New German Reform Movement...
...Director of the Zoological Laboratory of the University and as a lecturing professor of zoology, Professor Parker is thoroughly conversant with the evolutionist's viewpoint and as the author of "Biology and Social Problems" he has made an especial study of the relation between the physical sciences and the daily life of the human species...
...again evident that M. Nemirovitch-Dantchenko's "singing actors" act much better than they sing. From a purely auditory viewpoint the performance was scarcely more than worth attending. The eye, however, was caught, held and delighted by the perfect ensemble pantomime of the chorus, which lolled and sat about at various levels throughout most of the production, and provided a sort of "visual accompaniment" to the action which centred about the main characters...