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...educated men must be rare. Modern literature is a good-sized world in itself. The mere word "philosophy" stirs the bile of some folks. According to that accomplished humanist-philosopher, George Santayana, it has very largely come to mean "psychology" in the United States. Dean West must remember with delight the distinction attributed to President McCosh: "When two men are talking and one of them understands what the talk is about. that is metapheesics; when neither of them understands it, that is philosophy...
...delight to be a critic of a "Critique" when one can concur so heartily with Mr. Emerson. The realistic photograph, holding the mirror up to Main Street life, may be useful and instructive, but for those of us who understand that the primary function of literature is to please, a return from a personification of the average and the ordinary as characters to the standards of the old teachers will be welcomed indeed. Men are by their action happy or the reverse, but that action comes of their qualities. It is the inspired, the illustrious in rank and fortune...
Ever since the psychological tests were applied to army recruits, there has been a curious delight in experimenting with new forms of examinations. It gives one a sense of satisfaction, no doubt, to say off-hand "in what country orang-outangs live" and "where we get most of our sapphires", but it is impossible to believe that this is a test of ability to succeed in the Edison factory. What we want to know are those things that will help us live the better in whatever surroundings we find ourselves. We may have a sound critical judgment and ability...
...some time uneven and crud; the same mixture of description and narrative and exposition all, brightened by Mr. O'Brien's even present exuberance and enthusiasm. It is this quality above all, we thinly which has made the author so suddenly and deservedly famous. He is always such a delightful companion, so alive, so eager and able to enjoy life, that he could delight us as much if he wrote of the dreariest main Street...
...includes Matt Moore, George Parsons and Gladys Leslie, who aid in the characterization of a piece dependent on human nature and satirical effect for its situations. On the same bill is Bebe Daniels in "Ducks and Drakes", wherein she plays the role of an unconventional young heiress whose chief delight is calling telephone numbers at random and flirting with unknown male voices at the other end of the wire. This photoplay has been announced for a forthcoming production on the stage...