Word: pleasingness
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"A College Education," by Mr. Amory, deals with the promising theme of a Maine boy's over-hasty entrance into Harvard, his pathetic attempts to conceal his failure from his father, and his heroism when he takes refuge in the ancestral sailor's life. Sluggish oceans of local color, however...
In the "Poppy Song," another poet, R. S. Mitchell, writes in a lighter vein and in pleasing cadence of dreams under the poppies.
Mr. Putnam's dramatic sketch is more ambitious--he attempts "atmosphere," in a very familiar medium. The resulting impression of music and moonlight is delicate and pleasing, though a trifle thin.
In an animal a strong shock opposed by a strong force causes an unpleasant sensation, while a weak shock against a weak resistance has a pleasing effect. In plants also there is a great difference in the effects of varying shocks and resistences.
The University is wise in not forcing attendance. When men are herded to church, they lose most of its benefits because their attitude is wrong. Chapel, after all, is a frame of mind, and not a daily task. As a mental condition which does not begin at 8.45 o'clock...