Word: youthful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...unguarded moment and make him fire off one of his lead slugs in vain. And here is the little surprise we have been saving. Dreiser plumbered the works when he set out to describe a young man's emotions. He forget that even the most characterless youths have shibboleths to break, ideals to leave behind new paths of iniquity to enter upon with misgiving. Dreiser forgot the psychological and biological metamorphoses of youth; he failed to recall the kaleidoscopic fluctuations even of adolescence. And hence his vapid characterless lad assumed thanks to his consistent characterlessness, a firmness of character quite...
...lest some goggle-eyed callow youth still think that the reading of this travesty of a tragedy is all play and no work let him take into consideration the acute banality of the story. THE SATURDAY REVIEW OF LITERATURE epitomizes the novel as follows...
...which followed the poetry Matinee in the Repertory Theater. Mr. Davison, one of the most talented of the younger English poets, is at present reading and lecturing in this country. On this particular occasion he had read several selections from his latest book, "The Harvest of Youth...
...Since the war," he declared, "the new German generation has been far less physically fit than the youth of previous generations. I blame this on the influence of the War. Because of this a system has been established in Germany whereby, a teacher must take his students, between the age of six and 19 for an eight-hour hike once each month...
When asked about the Youth movement, Dr. Kellermann stated "it began in 1900 and was a revolt of the youth against over-stressed conventionalities, and against drinking and duelling of students: against the haughtiness of the rich, the cold severe discipline in the schools, and the feelingless sermons in the Church. These youths desired more feeling, more joy, and more creative activism of their own instead of being dominated by the conventions of their elders. Unfortunately, this movement is fast dying away. Old leaders dominate the organization together with communists and politicians, and the spirit and enthusiasm of youth...