Word: wisdoms
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Compromise. In Grand Island, Neb., Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Dietrich disagreed on the wisdom of having running boards on their new car. They settled it by installing a running board on the right side...
...When the late T. E. Lawrence had written his Seven Pillars of Wisdom, his publisher wrote to him, asking about certain spellings. Excerpts from this correspondence...
...Here, even sadness must be sharpened and refined to understanding and acceptance; here, Earth was still the ancient life-giver, increasing joy. . . . Here . . . one could, if he would, catch something of that wisdom which life in most places and under most circumstances leaves unfinished, even undiscovered...
...took into himself the wisdom of the ages...
...Charles Anderson Aldrich of Northwestern University Medical School, a modest, kindly man who turned to pediatrics after his three children broke all the textbook rules. In Boston last week, he aired his fatherly ideas at the eleventh annual convention of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Bits of Aldrich wisdom...