Word: forgottenness
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...incidentally his own collection, for posthumous fame. That he has done so, however unwittingly, is quite evident. With all due respect to him and gratitude for his generous gift, the Metropolitan directors should decline his collection. Such an action will set a precedent, or perhaps emphasize a half-forgotten one, that American museums should follow, like the National Gallery in London, only the best interests of art and the public for whom they exist...
...Written by an angry God with the scenery set by the terrible hand of , destiny. Produced By Necessity. Staged By Fear. Adapted By Disaster. Enacted By 50,000 Human Beings and Half Million Beasts on the Frozen Paths of a Forgotten World Withered by the Blasts of a Sun That Laughed in Cynical Glee...
...could its predecessor. Others believed that it would strengthen him to have antagonized the Senate, especially since the people would feel that the Senate had played politics, been hypercritical about Mr. Warren and entirely uncritical about Mr. Sargent. Others predicted that all breaches would be repaired and the clash forgotten before Congress assembled again...
...stormy opening of Coolidge's new term recalls the almost forgotten circumstance that he had opponents at his election. From Democrats, now, come vague indications of reviving hope and elaborate plans for reorganization. And even the Progressives, though admitting their old organization dead, seek to give birth to a new party...
...occupies the minds of so many persons to the exclusion of everything else, is the least enduring of all fame. A Harvard graduate who distinguishes him-self in public life, writing, teaching, science, or the fine arts will be remembered when all the athletes in his class are forgotten. As the mental powers of the average undergraduate are very limited and he is anxious to distinguish himself in some way, he turns to athletics. Hence the preeminence of athletics in our universities today. Athletics are supported by small-minded men and largely participated in by small-minded men. They will...