Word: darkness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...been brought together in such military perfection. We expected that we would meet the ebb-tide of war in many disappointments and a few failures, but few of us possessed sufficient prophetic skill to see that a situation like the present would result. Our enthusiasm would not permit such dark foresight and our trust in our ability made us think lightly of any disadvantage...
...enthusiasm that has survived the pains and that has expressed itself in an exuberant introduction. "I accept as genuine every poem in which the author sincerely and reverently calls out through the night and finds an echo of gladness and recognition," says Mr. Schnittkind. It is a dark night and many of the poets seem far from home...
...Italian paintings lent by Mr. A. Kingsley Porter, lecturer on the history of architecture at Yale are also on exhibition in the Fogg Museum. One is a picture of St. Michael by Byzantine-Gothte Guariento, 1338-68, of Padua, and the other of the Madonna and child in a dark architectural framework by Gregorio Schiavone, 1440-1470, a pupil of the Paduan Squarcione. The latter picture has been shown recently in the exhibition of Italian Primitives at the Kleinberger Galleries, New York...
Therefore as we put in our Coop books the dates for these day of morning and plan just how long a period we will have for revelry, let us gaze into the dark future and prepare. The prospect is not too cheering, yet every cloud has a silver lining and in the case of the mid-years the bright spots come from the being ready weeks ahead...
...unfortunate, and France may well congratulate herself on the ability of her successive premiers to avoid the ill effects of changes in administration. But the day may not be so far distant when President Poincare may feel that the people are demanding Caillaux or some of his dark group or suspicious followers to control their destinies. It devolves upon the Chamber to do away with this risk by maintaining the competent, patriotic men in office, regardless of personal objections. Only thus can it do its full share toward the successful prosecution...