Word: humanation
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...books are of that exemplary kind which no gentleman's library can be without, but there is another and rarer kind without which no man's education is complete. These are the representative books in which epochs culminated like Homer, Dante, Shakespeare,- or which mark the transitions of the human mind like Cervantes and Gothe. But here Nature deals kindly and mercifully with us, and it is seldom that she gives more than one great speaker or singer to one race. There is a New England proverb which says of a fastidious person-"the best is not good enough...
...fiction to another, the attention is caught by the contrast between Pierre la Rose's "Toy Drama" and the "Solitude" of H. C. Greene. The former is a well told story, interesting through its clever introduction and treatment of persons who are acting from the most common of human impulses. "Solitude," on the other hand, while well told, derives its whole interest from the trials of an individual whom philosophical doubts have thrown out of harmony with the world. The meaning of the story is evasive, and to many who search for it will probably remain but imperfectly understood...
give our powers to the spirit of Christ. If we try to do this for ourselves, Christ's thought, love, purpose, and genius will reproduce themselves in us. His resurrection is the eternal assertion of the human being over the animal...
...your own individuality. Study it without being egotistic, and understanding the weak places, shun their temptations and try to protect yourself by added strength. Knowing yourself, you may learn to know others; and so in process of time you will both consciously and unconsciously learn those abiding principles of human nature and of human character which add to the knowledge and the progress of the world...
...Padua the antique first appeared in unmistakable form. Donatello is a representative of this style of art, and had great influence over Mantegina who is noted for the statuesque appearance of his works. He was a faithful student of nature, especially of the human figure, but in spite of this he never seems to be able to give the warmth of life to his work. Although in this respect he fails to procure absolute truth, his figures show great force and originality, they are nobly powerful, beautiful in their stern, silent repose and in the candid straightforward convictions which they...