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...Hersey has an ideal temperament for a teacher of composition. A link of sympathy unites him with those who have an ear for words or poetry. His judgments are well considered, sage, and just; his criticism is subjective, inspiring, and invariably kindly...
...Renan cries: 'Whatever the surprises of history, Jesus will never be surpassed.' Men of all generations find in his trust in God, his loyalty to his Cause, his love of men, his quenchless hope, in these timeless and universal qualities suffused by his divine spirit, their unsurpassable and complete Ideal."?From Manhood of the Master, one of the books by Dr. Fosdick which has taken his "circulation" well beyond the million mark...
...Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut, planning to fly from Middletown to Westfield by airplane, hearing of the Shenandoah's disaster abandoned his flight. The reason given was that the landing field at Westfield was not as "ideal as supposed...
...cross, the holy lance; Louis, who built Sainte Chapelle; Louis, who fasted, loved sermons, heard two masses each day (dressing at midnight for matins) ; Louis, who surrounded himself with chanting priests on horseback when he traveled; Louis, who brought beggars into the back door of his palace; Louis, the ideal king of the late middle ages?his "name-day" was last week fervently sentimentally celebrated by all blind people of France. They of the Quinze Vingts, world's first refuge for the blind, laid a palm at the feet of Founder Louis' statue, lunched with the Franco-American Blind Relief...
...years I have been aware of the subtle, un-Christian influence of this song, The Star-Spangled Banner, and of the very evident use which is made of it to stir up sentiments inimical and hurtful to every ideal which Americans cherish. The fact is, that each time a bill has been introduced in Congress, seeking to .legalize 'The Star-Spangled Banner as our national athem, Congress has refused to give its sanction...