The Playhouse and the Play: And Other Addresses Concerning the Theatre and Democracy in America |
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Page 76
... vital issues of the drama . How long , then , will the intelligent public continue to ignore those vital issues as they apply to the whole drama of our nation ? Certainly it cannot be intelli- gent and ignore them longer . For our drama ...
... vital issues of the drama . How long , then , will the intelligent public continue to ignore those vital issues as they apply to the whole drama of our nation ? Certainly it cannot be intelli- gent and ignore them longer . For our drama ...
Page 137
... vital half of human nature and of national life , the religious instinct , expressed itself through the great organ of the church , while the civic half split and raged in many factions . But at last in America , in the twentieth ...
... vital half of human nature and of national life , the religious instinct , expressed itself through the great organ of the church , while the civic half split and raged in many factions . But at last in America , in the twentieth ...
Page 157
... vital instinct , imperishable as fire , appears to be reborn ; a bodiless prin- ciple , peremptory as some vast genius of the elements , seeks embodiment . Under that yearning Spirit's touch , the institutions of men are as clay , the ...
... vital instinct , imperishable as fire , appears to be reborn ; a bodiless prin- ciple , peremptory as some vast genius of the elements , seeks embodiment . Under that yearning Spirit's touch , the institutions of men are as clay , the ...
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