Word: heroical
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...century was a kind of classic period of German poetry; then poetry was treated seriously, as an art to be practised by persons of influence; and the heroic legends of the Germans were the result. This classic period was succeeded by a time when the Germans lost somewhat their national feeling, - the time of Charle magne and universal Empire. At this time, also, there was a revival of interest in the Latin writers and in philosophy. Accordingly, poetic creation languished; and during the 8th and 9th centuries we may say that classical and Christian culture was everywhere penetrating and changing...
...hear a man who has travelled and lived in the Orient, is a rare opportunity in Cambridge; to hear one who has spent two winters there digging for remains of one of the oldest civilizations is rarer still. We may tonight expect from Dr. Peters an account of his heroic and successful struggle against many odds, and of the valuable discoveries which he made in the temple of Bel at Niffer. His success in raising a large sum of money for the expedition, in overcoming diplomatic and other difficulties, and in securing for America a large portion of the clay...
...March, "Heroic," Saint-Saens...
...independence which would seem to most of us so intolerable. And how much is this great sacrifice to the college realized? If the crew wins, there is rejoicing because Harvard covered those particular four miles faster than Yale did, but behind it all is this dogged, tireless, almost heroic work of the men in practice...
...fails utterly to meet the needs of our moral life. The spirit of ethics gives the spirit of the ideal, and here is the home of the heart. It is only by the knowledge of right, that we can hope to give men the stability which they had in heroic times...