Humboldt was widely regarded as the universal genius of his age, a man who impressed Goethe (no less) as having "no equal in information and lively knowledge". He arrived in Washington in June 1804, at the end of five years' journey through the Spanish colonies in the Americas, and in the course of a week's stay in the capital visited President Jefferson several times.
As to why the novels were so appealing, Stead considered that "Mr. Fleming's special magic lies in his power to impart sophistication to his mighty nonsense; his fantasies connect with up-to-date and lively knowledge of places and of the general sphere of crime and espionage".
When we shape our class, we look for students who will continually challenge themselves and contribute to a lively exchange of knowledge and ideas in the classroom.
The book lacks the intimacy of a full-fledged biography — if you want to know who John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr really were, you'll do better elsewhere — but it compensates with an imaginative intelligence and a lively breadth of knowledge.
The New Yorker, September 28 , 1946P. 19 Ivy League Note: Members of the Yale Club no doubt derive a lively satisfaction from the knowledge that their dirty linen is washed by the Princeton Laundry, 403 E. Ninety-first Street.
By Brendan Gill and Jason Langley The New Yorker, September 28 , 1946P. 19 Ivy League Note: Members of the Yale Club no doubt derive a lively satisfaction from the knowledge that their dirty linen is washed by the Princeton Laundry, 403 E. Ninety-first Street.
If you're looking for a tireless worker, a lively mind and extraordinary knowledge of the art world, I don't think you could do better than Jeffrey". Deitch has helped Broad acquire some of the works in his collection, Davies said.
Paris combined his comprehensive knowledge with a lively writing style, which was modeled in some ways on classical historians (for example, he used invented speeches).
The analysis and applications of common knowledge and related multi-agent knowledge concepts has become a lively field of research.
Home to some of Japan's finest universities, it is also a lively hub of higher education and knowledge industries.
