The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 127Atlantic Monthly Company, 1921 - American essays |
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Page 229
... interest aroused before work is assigned . The belief is that work done without interest is poorly done . A child can be forced to a simple physical task , and can hardly fail to accomplish something at it in the course of an hour . But ...
... interest aroused before work is assigned . The belief is that work done without interest is poorly done . A child can be forced to a simple physical task , and can hardly fail to accomplish something at it in the course of an hour . But ...
Page 372
... interest in possessing things , an attachment to other persons , a desire to shine in one's own and in others ' eyes , a curiosity , a driving toward contention and domin- eering . And according as these impul- ses are bound together in ...
... interest in possessing things , an attachment to other persons , a desire to shine in one's own and in others ' eyes , a curiosity , a driving toward contention and domin- eering . And according as these impul- ses are bound together in ...
Page 514
... interest . To politics and the wide range of social questions he was utterly indiffer- ent . He hated journalists because they talked about him , and politicians be- cause they did not . He praised Amer- ica and things American at a ...
... interest . To politics and the wide range of social questions he was utterly indiffer- ent . He hated journalists because they talked about him , and politicians be- cause they did not . He praised Amer- ica and things American at a ...
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