Word: zestful
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...real stimulus to the life of study is not, of course, the applause of the market place but one's own unquenchable thirst for knowledge, one's love of ideas for their own sake. Only those who, however humbly, have swung their oars in it, can know the zest of that Odyssey which is inspired by the desire "To follow knowledge like a sinking star Beyond the utmost bound of human thought...
...this implies quite inevitably another tangent of contact between Mr. Benet and Swinburne, namely Mr. Benet's delight in taming words, in spurring and curvetting them to his desire. It is the sheer zest of youth, for Mr. Benet is young...
...tales of James's go, these here collected have it surprise. Though not the work of a youth they have the zest of a story teller just prodding in his stock, a spirit, however, which James maintained throughout his life. They are surprising in that they are told with the extremest clarity and simplicity of phrasing, and are in that way models for structure...
...death of King Alexander of Greece from the bite of a pet monkey puts added zest into the speculation that is rife in Europe as to the person of his successor. For a successor he is likely to have. The Greek people seem to be in no particular hurry to establish a republic; they seem to be quite contented with the constitutional form of monarchy. So all that remains is to pick another king from among the numerous candidates for the position...
...habits instilled by the formal education, but they are there:--there as positive advantages if they can be revived and put to use in one's life profession, but, if they are not so utilized, then still there as a resource of restlessness, vague discontent, lack of interest and zest in one's profession, and so forth. For those interests and accomplishments which are not turned to account and given scope in a man's profession constitute a restless though a "silent" partner. For example, let a man who in his boyhood has been devoted to outdoor sports think twice...