Word: intellection
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...there something about the atmosphere of the New Deal that dulls the intellect and blunts the sense of humor of those privileged to report the game from the sacred precincts of the chief players...
...entire tone of the article I condemn appeals to the emotions, not to the intellect, and that, TIME, is beneath...
...phrasing, but the student has to content himself with jotting down enough facts and quotations to convince the corrector that he has done his work. There is little opportunity for the working out of a thoughtful summary of the reading along the lines of one's own intellect, which the reading period ought to encourage...
...third stratum of Joyce's book even deeper meanings appear. Stephen represents the intellect, the creative imagination; Mrs. Bloom the earth, the flesh; Bloom the average half-intelligent, half-sensual man. Like ancient Troy, Ulysses is many cities on one foundation. If the plain reader keeps on digging he may discover that each of Ulysses' 18 episodes is written in its own style, in which Joyce has tried to blend the minds of the characters, the place, atmosphere, feeling of the time of day. Each episode turns on an organ of the body, an art and a particular...
Sirs: TIME is becoming fatuous,* fat and pudgy in the intellect. Witness: its claim that Dean Hill is "crawling." If he's wrong, he's wrong. Grantland Rice can say whether. I hope he will. But to accuse Mr. Hill of anything but sincerity is all those things mentioned above (and below...