Word: vividness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...audience which listened to Dr. Peters in the Jefferson Laboratory last evening did not carry away a very lasting impression of all details of the Temple of Bel at Niffer, they certainly brought away a vivid impression of the courage, persistence and tact needed by the leader of such an expedition as that which Dr. Peters has just undertaken...
...Light-Keeper" by R. M. Lovett, composes the entire fiction of the number. It is simply told, and very vivid, but whether wittingly or not it is remarkably like Kipling's "Disturber of Traffic." If it were more original, it would be less uninteresting...
...coming great poet. Milton, Wordsworth, Shelley and Keats have all had an influence over him, but so far he has not shown the ease and copiousness of a great poet. Another poet who shows the French influence is W. E. Henley, whose "Song of the Sword" is vivid and scrupulously finished. "The Book of the Rhymer's Club," lately from the press, is a collection of most charming and original poems by Riese, Yates, Symonds and others. It has in its collection some of the most finished and musical poems of modern time...
...deepest interest. Apt quotations from Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill's works were used effectively in illustrating his points and proved conclusively, when supplemented by his own material, the necessity of this country for a protective tariff. The Senator spoke feelingly on the subject of domestic manufactures, gave vivid examples of prosperity under the present system, and closed by exposing our present helplessness in regard to our naval force and coast defences. He praised England's constant upbuilding of her navy and expansion of shipping, and promised that our Senate would see to bettering our own navy...
Fourth class. - When the first impression is vivid and the power of revival is prompt. This makes a good memory and is the object we are striving for. Attention governs all and it is defective attention that causes defective memories. Out of ten hours of ordinary study one really concentrates one's mind but half the time. Attention is naturally weak; strengthen it, is the best advice one can give. No power is more easily destroyed, no power may be more highly developed than that of attention...