Word: vied
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...many faithful readers, proceeds to give an idea of what he means by modern wit. Classicism may be very well in literature, but in the realm of humor, the modern commuter prefers something smacking less of Adam and the fig leaf. His efforts easily outrank former issues and vie with that masterpiece of 1918, the Graduates Number. We are told that poetry is that art dealing with the emotion through the imagination. In that case Lampy's reputation as a bard is firmly established, for by no other route have we, who stayed at home, been introduced to Versailles...
...They laughed at the idea of a powerful English army, they were sure that no large Canadian force would reach their front, and they sneered at the notion of a million Americans in France. To them it seemed impossible that a draft army and an army of volunteers could vie with the Kaiser's trained men. We have not as yet completely proved that the American Army, man for man, is the equal of the German troops, but we are decidedly on the right track. At Seicheprey, at Cantigny, and on the Marne "we met the enemy and they were...
...pleasure, the review is not going to be an exhibition worthy of the Grenadier Guards, nor even of the former R. O. T. C. It is going to be a motley array that parades in the Stadium. Many have no guns, some are still in civilians. Felt hats will vie with derbies in the rookie's equipment. Guns will be at every angle, many of the men in each company will be out of step. All this is to warn the public not to expect too much. Yet the spirit is there. The members of the corps have been doing...
...Sanborn can attain to a more melodious form of verse and learn to see and express things with less straining of the senses and the English language, the artistic insight that he has shown in the general structure of "Vie de Bordeaux" may give him a place of note among contemporary poets...
...three years, it is true, but unless the majority of us have some such real inducement, we will all doubtless prefer to take our culture in the "good oldfashioned way." The four-year course may be largely sedentary, but, to use the words of Voltaire, "C'est la vie...