Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...long before the Americans came, its early history already misty with crepuscular legend. The Journey of the Flame, a book of vigorous old man's talk, full of stout-hearted miracles and boasting, is like a suddenly-discovered window into that earlier age. Not only Californians but anyone wise or lucky enough to read it will delight in this altogether dignified but occasionally joyously incredible narrative...
...gold, it will be the American government itself. This means that the President has simply added one more important factor to the many elements which he has brought within his control since he asked Congress to leave the situation to him to handle as he thought best, or found wise...
...much ground is to be covered. The difficulty can, however, be sidestepped if the tendency to turn the methods of large survey courses is overcome, and a real attempt made to give a course not so much in Classic literature as in the ideals of Classicism, in the wise tradition set by German 24. That a genuine need for something of the sort exists is certainly evident. Moreover, it is hard to see any reason why it should not be given for the Classics department is favorable to it. Efforts should be made to have it started next year...
...particular interest at this time, due to the current exhibition at St. Paul's Cathedral of Ecclesiastical Art, is the small roundell of stained glass exhibited in the Fogg Museum. This interesting example of eighteen century glass work is off the generally traversed corridors, and it is therefore wise to call it again to the attention of the visitors to the Fogg Museum...
...Roosevelt's refusal to make the decision about gold content at this time will unquestionably be found upon reflection to have been a wise move. Now entirely apart from this phase of his policy, there will be criticism of what he refers to as a managed currency and issue will be taken with him as to whether it is sound ever to try to fix the value of the dollar by changing its gold content every now and then to conform to price changes. This theory, which is sponsored by Professor Irving Fisher of Yale...