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… was still a dream, she first won recognition in an art competition for the skillful manner in which she completed … her maiden name. After quarreling with some petty officials in Munich over the design of the gardens, she became … of her older son, Arthur (named after Schopenhauer), who died while still quite small. For many years afterwards she …
Essays
… in this paper have now reached a considerably larger audience by being incorporated in the closing chapters of “The … aspect of our society. I drew a parallel‚—which has now become something of a cliché—between the Renaissance and the … test pilot quite well. This helps to explain one of the points in his second letter. The receipt of this card filled …
… of Words. By Stuart Chase. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. $2.50. In “The Tyranny of Words” Stuart Chase has … to himself in a way that not only excuses but demands frank comment from his reviewers. He has called attention to the … and Mr. Chase begins at one of its traditional starting points, seeing that names name the things that they are …
Poetry
… That any light should burn So fiercely and so long Or even come so far We see it there at all, A coldly twinkling star. … is the light we want, And light we mean to get, Whether it comes and goes Or has not reached us yet. Some of the light that burns, So science says, comes through So far from outer space, That what we think …
… A heavily armed combat unit of roughly 100 American soldiers in the space of a few hours killed between four and … hordes of investigators and lawyers, over the fine legal points of such ambiguity in the message but not its results. … he should have been talking to more of the Spec 4s and the PFCs. They would have known. And so, with a massive new …
… old that anybody took her seriously. Until then it would come up from time to time—about as often as a trip to the … up smoking. It was not that she feared her mother would die, except sometimes late at night when the shadow of her … an antique lamp and the sheets were always tight and fresh. Also, it was right next door to her parents’ room and if she …