Word: fervor
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...tense representation of Luther's famous debate with Doctor Eck and in a fairly lengthy scene between the reformer and his Church superior, Martin Luther hits at the audience's intellect rather than emotion. Luther spells out his doctrine with force and drama, but his fervor is always under control, and his heated voice never tries to add potency to his words. Rather is Niall MacGinnis, as Luther, remarkable for his restraint. At the scene of Luther's trial before Emperor Charles V, when Luther is offered safety if he will recant his theses, MacGinnis is superb. His voice...
...your review of the forthcoming African sculpture exhibition in the British Museum [Oct. 5] ... when you talk about "harmony and order" being sacrificed to "demoniac fervor," it appears as if you would have never really seen African sculptures. They are, in fact, of great harmony and order of volumes, expressing a deeply felt religious fervor . . . African sculpture is one of the great artistic achievements, comparable to any of the great periods in the history...
...Greece was all but bankrupt, and much of it was reduced to rubble. Aided and supplied from outside, Greek Communists were fighting-and winning-a bloody guerrilla war against their fellow countrymen. The future of Greece's throne offered at best a long-shot gamble, but with the fervor and thoroughness of a born politico, Frederika set to work canvassing her constituents and winning them over to her side. During the first years of Paul's reign, scarcely a square mile in all the 51,000 that formed Greece was left untrodden by either the King, the Queen...
...miners of Belgium. At 26 he was dismissed by church authorities because his methods were too unorthodox (e.g., he gave his money, his clothes, even his bed to his flock). But for the rest of his short (1853-90), tormented life, Van Gogh's art showed a religious fervor that made his work leap from the canvas into the heart...
...years, Banker Thornton has boosted Dallas with the fervor of a man in love. In 1935, as president of the Chamber of Commerce, he persuaded the legislature that Dallas, by virtue of its progressive spirit and convenient location, was the right site for the Texas Centennial-although both San Antonio and Houston had better historical claims. The Centennial-in Dallas-was a stampeding eyecatcher, and it was only natural, afterwards, that Thornton should turn his attention to the creaking old State Fair...