Word: perfections
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...error and offence in that respect should not throw the Lockwood investigation--or the Congressional--inquiry which is to follow--off the scent of the real and capital offence, which is the corruption and tyranny that have permeated every branch of the building business and wrought their perfect work in practically bringing to an end to house building...
Boxing properly done brings into play every muscle in the body. It develops speed with the arms and legs, teaches perfect balancing of the weight, sudden shifting of weight from one foot to the other and, above all, calls for alertness of the eye and mind second to no other sport. The eye becomes trained to notice an instant's opening in the other man's defense, the mind must instantly recognize the opportunity, direct the proper currents of muscular action to start the hands on their way to take advantage of that opening. There is eye, brain and muscle...
...genial spiral marks the discussion of such other matters as efficiency, genius, reconstruction, bolshevism, and what not. All this is both to say that we have here a volume of essays in the best tradition, marked by sympathy, quiet humor, and keen judgment, expressed in a style as nearly perfect as one could demand. "Every Man's Natural Desire" and "The Hibernation of Genius" are about as firm as anything we have in the field of English essays...
...predecessors." But this very surrender to emotionalism, to ignorance, or to mere vanity is proof of a desire to teach not the secret of making a living but the secret of how to live. One may live nobly without being able to read well or write with perfect legibility or to figure accurately. But it is fairly hard to make a living under such handicaps...
There is the same weakness in the system of senior advisers. In most cases the advise is a perfect stranger to the senior; he cannot really help the Freshman to any great extent unless they are old friends; only if the Freshman can trust and have confidence in his adviser, can the system be effective...