Word: strenuousness
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...suggestion. Of course energetic New Yorkers can be reduced to a semi-comatose state only by a deliberate carefully planned hypnosis; but elsewhere "the semiconscious state with closed eyes" into which Dr. Gayer transports his hearers and which he insists is necessary for success has been reproduced by less strenuous methods. If he too went on a tour say of the colleges he probably could dispense with the orchestra. ("A little auto-suggestion and one can do anything.") At least the receptive state may be recommended for use in lectures...
After those strenuous hundred years come Hamlets whom men now living can remember. An eye-witness talks of one Henry Irving, a "travelling Hamlet" and his ovation at the Lyceum,--such as only a presidential candidate or Babe Ruth would get today. Then came Booth, the admirable nobleman, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, flawless in technique...
...perpetuated is very noble, and all the industry, toil, and diligence applied in the whittling very praiseworthy. The melodious drone of the instructor and the sleepy quiet of the drowsy students are strong incentives, perhaps, for all this extra-curriculum work; for, as Sir Thomas Browne once said, "To strenuous minds there is an inquietude in over quietness, and no laboriousness in labor...
...full bloom--has shown the flapper and her partner what they really are (or think they are)--has interested and amused a large percent of the careworn American Public; and for such things, should be thanked. Even if he does falter noticeably in his latest writings and his most strenuous admirers cannot but admit that he does the censure should fall "more in sorrow than in anger...
...strong team from the University of Maryland will face Princeton today in Palmer Stadium. Princeton, however, is quite able to meet strenuous opposition, for all their players are in excellent condition. This game promises to be one of the best on their schedule this season...