Word: triumphed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...speaking was a triumph for the school of simplicity as exemplified by the teachings of Mr. Hayes...
...Santayana in his poem "Two Voices" beautifully expresses the antithesis in the bitter language of the soul that has found nothing but defeat in this world and that looks beyond earth for some sign of hope, and in the resignation of that other soul that finds in every triumph and defeat the fulfilment of its own destiny. The thought is, perhaps, somewhat too deeply hidden by the words, but we do not begrudge the effort to unravel it. Mr. Bates's poem "The Sleeper," develops an original idea. The metre chimes well with the sentiment of the tale; the lines...
...stage, was excavated at Sicyon. The work at present is going on near the ruins of a Byzantine church. In the apseof the church a choragic monument was found, upon whose architraive were the names of those patrons of the chorus who erected it in commemoration of a triumph in a literary competition. Outside the church a marble seat or throne was unearthed, while near it there were traces of votin slabs and statues to the number of fifteen. The most important of these is a life-size statue of a male, supposed to be the statue of the Sanctuary...
...friend, and, seeing that the individual must die, looks to the race for immortality and urges him to marry that his beauty may survive in his children. This thought of a merely physical immortality was too narrow, and seemed in-adequate. The poet then imagined that he could triumph over Time by immortalizing his friend in his verse. This hope also proved delusive; for the ideal is not the actual, the remembrance is not the person...
...like the arrow of human unmercifulness. Men send this arrow into the souls of their fellows, when they listen to false reports or magnify a slight wrong. The uncharitableness of men often causes a germ of evil to develop into an overpowering disease. There is, however, a moral triumph for all. We can fortify ourselves every day by prayer, by keeping our souls open to influences coming from above. We can shield ourselves in the compassionate love of God, whose power can turn aside the insidious as well as the open attacks of evil. The sermon was very impressive, particularly...