Word: contacter
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...perfect English speech himself employs the Americanism "pretty-good" in almost his first words, it is rather hard to see how Americanisms can be escaped. For although Dr. Van Dyke may pronounce his words perfectly, he unconsciously used the language of the people with whom he comes in contact. As he says, "English was kept alive and propagated as the hereditary language of this country by vocal...
...grammar schools and distinctly as important, both from the cultural and practical point of view, as any acquired in the professional schools. That literature, the classics, philosophy, history may have a permanent value in themselves scarcely needs an argument and is brought forcibly home to anyone who comes in contact with an Oxford graduate. These men seem able to secure not only the mental discipline which comes from sustained study but to make an integral part of their education the subject matter itself. They manage to come out scholars and gentlemen and pretty good judges of practical matters as well...
...cuts no figure at all. There is too much "Tom Brown at Oxford" and too much of the "Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green" in his composition. The result is that the student leaves college encased in a coating of social silica that has to be cracked off by contact with the world, and the process is often painful. He is not treated seriously during his college years because he does not treat himself seriously as a man should who enjoys his opportunities. True, too many young men are sent to college not enough...
...might just as well speak of the ' international farmer' because the farmer sells a certain percentage of his crops to Europe," Mr. Kahn declared, " or of the ' international manufacturer' because some of his products are exported to Europe. The banker maintains, and can maintain, international contact and conduct international business only to the extent that American industry, commerce and agriculture are international...
...body a position which even Senators might envy. They stand among the few men of public influence in America whose influence does not depend upon how they stand. They have nothing to fear and nothing to seek for themselves. And they are saved by years of exacerbating contact with youth from the danger of ever becoming old. They are the elder guardians of Plato's Republic deprived of nothing but the authority which they deserve. They are the rarest phenomena of our age?men who have taken time to be wise...