Word: inmost
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...public," said Professor Trowbridge, "is not generally interested in scientific experiments, but there is something so mysterious about the invisible rays that it is no wonder their interest has been aroused. The rays pass through boards, ebonite, thin metals, and penetrate the inmost parts of the body and yet they do not pass through a window pane...
...internal and external side of Dante's nature were very distinct at the time of his life that we are studying. While his inmost being was absorbed in love for Beatrice, he was actively engaged in politics in Florence. Later, in the year before the death of Beatrice, though be knew well that her death was approaching, he was serving his city as a soldier in a distant part of the country. After the death of Beatrice he married and had children. He now threw the whole force of his character into public affairs. To Dante, peace seemed the best...
During the evening the evening the choir sang the following: Christmas Carols; Once in Royal David City-Gauntlett; When Christ was Born-Brown; Joy fills our Inmost Hearts-Gadsly...
...ruskin that a perfect reproduction is a work of art. True art, the author says, is "nature reflected in the spiritual mirror, and tinged with all the sentiment, feeling, and passion of the spirit that reflects it." It is neither real or illusory; it is the embodiment of the inmost being of the artist. For, if the artist cannot feel his own work and infuse into it his own spirit, how can he expect his work to move others? Moreover, each work has its own word to say; it must embody but one idea, and unless this word is spoken...
...members of this Board knew Professor Bowen as a man of strong convictions and of eager temper, sometimes hasty of word in controversy, but as one who kept an abiding sense of justice. He habitually spoke his inmost thought. He could calmly defend an unpopular cause and he never hesitated to encounter the criticism that attends independent action...