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...movement in education, which at present wears the appearance of being democratic, has gained volume and . . . irresistible force. But all government calls for an elite; business calls for an elite; sound administration rests upon an elite; culture itself, though, like art incessantly reinforced by unexpected genius, has a core which must be guarded by an elite...
...original depicts a sorry crowd of derelicts living in an unspeakable Moscow basement and, like tatterdemalion philosophers, pondering their own destiny and that of the race. In an almost formless succession, each of these is scrutinized by the playwright who strips away the surface tissue and exposes the quivering core of passion, perplexity or faith...
...multiplicity of changes the dropping out of customs, sometimes their return the growth of new ways and evolution very striking when observed in its terminal manifestations. Yet certainly after the very earliest years a continuos core of something persists. Perhaps it is the dream of freedom and the fight for freedom necessary to the seeking of that Truth which in Latin is inscribed upon the Harvard seal. Perhaps it is the never failing presence in Harvard classes of a man or a few men who in college give promise and in later life make the promise good of signal distinction...
...away hundreds of acres of rare and exquisite shrubs of all possible varieties; even in Arizona astronomers observer the invisible planetary phenomena. The circle widens. But at the Center is the Yard where Harvard College has its being. It was the origin of the University, it is still the core...
...plans Architect Wright has "overturned the pyramids and lengthened their lines perpendicularly." Thus, at the top the towers are much larger than at the bottom. Each tower rests on a gigantic concrete pedestal; each is supported by a core of solid concrete through the centre. Architect Wright explained that his scheme was specially good for a crowded city because there space is more valuable the higher it is off the ground...