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...very difficult question, Mr. Paul Bourget goes far towards proving that the novel form is so intrinsically different from that of drama that a work once supremely well cast in one cannot be translated into the other. Undoubtedly Mr. Mitchell failed to produce a final literary masterpiece because his task was impossible. Technically the structure of his play is admirable and his selection and co-ordination of incidents is in the main wise and effective. Artistically he has made a number of good stage figures, who speak some very good lines, but in conception and portrayal his characters lack depth...
...Milne's magnificent home run on three strikes. Foster, the first CRIMSON pitcher, pitched strikes in such unbroken succession that a weaker pitcher was substituted for a while so as to give the field something to do. Every man on the CRIMSON Nine was directly on top of his task, and the team as a whole put up an exhibition seldom equaled on any diamond...
...lack, as far as the knowledge of laws and the duty of officials goes. Equipped with such Knowledge of laws and the duty of officials goes. Equipped with such knowledge, we can wield a powerful weapon if we are but willing to shake off indolence and assume a task that is not always agreeable. For the average American has a horror of raising a disturbance, of taking exception to the way another man performs, or fails to perform, his duties. The one way to secure efficient service, however, is by such methods, always remembering that the criticism should...
...existence of these and many other vices may be traced to the practice of Idolatry, which presents very low ideals it is believed that Christianity can uplift the Chinese people from their present low state, but the number of missionaries now in China is extremely inadequate to the task, and a great field for useful work lies open there...
...course the task has been assigned of making out, from the data gathered by the class, a complete geological map of the whole region examined. The sectional maps, the notebooks, and the specimens, carefully classified and labelled, will be submitted to these men, and their work will be done from an examination of these...