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...yesterday's lecture, Professor Pirenne continued to trace the growth of European cities from the Middle Ages to the present era. "Starting with the 11th century", he said, "we find a new class of men, the merchants, setting in France, and other western countries. These newcomers establish themselves around the fortified towns...
...yesterday's lecture, Professor Pirenne continued to trace the growth of European cities from the time of the Moslem invasion. "At this period," he stated, "the western portion of Europe was entirely cut off from intercourse with the East and the Mediterranean lands. The consequence was a complete disappearance of the former Roman cities, and in their stead arose a civilization essentially devoted to agricultural pursuits. From this time dates the manorial system when all the land belonged to the lords and the clergy...
...somehow these periodic matches for the international heavyweight championship apear to fall outside the confines of true sport. There is in them no trace of spiritual or mental quality. Brute force wins the battle...
...more modern playwright. It is the most genuinely amusing comedy that Henry Arthur Jones ever wrote, and he has had few superiors in that vein. The plot is trifling, the situation almost threadbare; yet there is something about characterization and dialogue that makes it intensely funny,--a trace of satire and a dash even of dignified burlesque, but always perfectly plausible people in everyday situations. The money-box penalty for swearing has become a stock device in comedy, and the quarrel between husband and wife over expenses is age-old; but they are handled ingeniously enough here, plus a trivial...
...study European men of letters; thumb their works; admire the artistic legacies of foreign painters and sculptors; trace the campaigns of their foremost military leaders; find our modern life more closely intertwined with that of England, France, and Italy than ever before: yet that last needed touch is denied many of us--that of seeing the contrasting environments in which these men lived and evolved their works...