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...must be kept in mind that Wassermann is a sort of first child of the Twentieth Century, strong and vigourous and mercilessly sure in his judgment of the world into which he was born, that of Huysmans and Wilde and Anatole France, a world in which avarice and hatred have been more obvious than usual, a world tired and emasculated, "decadent." Against this he has struggled, like a "Titan," as the jacket puts it. Probably he felt much freer in writing "Mein Weg als Deutcher und Jude." This propagandizing and sociologizing mars all his work except the "World's Illusion...
...Judgment, Proportion...
...thank you muchly for devoting, in TIME, Dec. 20 more space to me and my writings than to any other individual or subject. The phenomenal success of TIME is to be attributed to its editors' admirable sense of judgment and proportion...
...storm, usually flies. Woe to the man who does not bring to bear all his mental powers to ease his way and save his nerves instead of wearing himself out in "building through"; every step of the way and every foot of the trail is a challenge to his judgment. Then he must organize a camp to clear that trail when thus located; he must study up transportation, tentage, food lists, tools, equipment; he must organize a crew and their work. When completed, he must "sign...
...words to conjure with even now. What Dr. Eliot did in securing these men, in building a university that could use them, is one service that will never be open to dispute. The hosts of other men who supported these are no less a tribute to Eliot's judgment...