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Following this line of suggestion, it is not difficult to understand the secret of Beethoven's appeal for an acquaintance with his works will corroborate the statement that Beethoven is first, an emotional composer, second, an artist of great dramatic power; and third, a man of fascinating humor, whose works have their being to intensify those never changing qualities in man--his basic emotions, love, joy, sorrow, his craving for the dramatic, for something to happen, and his instinct for what is humorous--for the incongruities and variety in the spectacle of life...
...these wages increased by the cutting of prices. Theoretically this procedure was simple, sound. It was as simple and as sound as "daylight saving." But some skulls will not comprehend that a day is the same, no matter what the hours are called. Similarly some Italians could not understand last week that it makes no difference what a man's wage or profit is, so long as he can buy the same amount of goods or labor for it. Quite naturally there was discontent because this thing was hard to understand, and there was trouble because it was hard...
Then things began to go badly for him. Dagny Kielland was unable to find in Nagel any of the well rubbed familiar surfaces, common to all men, by which people are accustomed to identify, if not to understand, other people. He remained a mystery to her. Nagel realized that it was impossible for her to penetrate the dark secrets of his mind. With the teeth of despair already in his heart, he began to see madness waddling toward him like an enormous lizard. "Then he made for the harbor at a run, the back of his waistcoat showing white...
...candidate has any genuine interest in any special field; it concludes with the general question "Is it your great desire and ambition to go out and do things, letting others search for the why and wherefore, or would you prefer for the next four years to try to understand the things that others are doing?" He sums up with the shrewd inquiry, "Do you want to make a living or a life?" His judgment is that the desire to "make a living" will find no satisfaction in a college education...
...sincerely trust that the difficulty in regard to the 1928 Harvard football schedule is ironed out satisfactorily. We heartily agree with the Crimson authorities that the Brown game is too difficult and too important to come between two other big contests. However, we are somewhat at a loss to understand how Harvard can risk even a temporary break in a rivalry of forty-three year's standing merely to rearrange her own schedule so that it includes another "big" game with an institution which the Crimson has not played since 1909-The Brown Herald...