| 单词 | superficiality |
| 例句 | Thus we live a closed, hard existence of the utmost superficiality, and rarely does an incident strike out a spark. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Strung together, Dowd’s columns reflect the superficiality of the campaign, and the coverage of it. Maureen Dowd’s Latest Book on Everything Hillary and Donald 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Heroic striving on the painter’s part yielded exactly the superficiality he was aiming for, a bibulous moment of fun among a gathering of good looking, high-spirited young people. Review | Another Renoir show? But this one is worth it. 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z And so, while there is certainly envy in the vitriol directed at Lochte, it seems there’s also a degree of self-hatred over our own superficiality. Ryan Lochte: So sexy, so dumb 2012-08-06T21:30:00Z “We hadn’t watched much daytime television, and Wynn was immediately struck by its banality and superficiality.” Unearthing a Celluloid Artifact of the ?60s 2011-04-08T23:38:27Z There is nothing wrong with this, or with thinking about this; it doesn’t reveal a superficiality or lack of substance, which is often the default fear when the topic of clothing comes up. Hey, Governor, What Are You Wearing? 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Ah, the competitive superficiality of a pool party: the designer swimsuits not meant for the water, the freshly waxed beefcake, the perma-lashes, the side-angled posing to elongate the legs. Perspective | Pool parties are soul-crushing spectacles of half-naked strangers posing next to an artificial swamp 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z The destruction of Los Angeles could mean a blow to hedonism and superficiality. Trash our city, please! 2011-04-06T23:41:00Z Which suggests at least part of the problem: The superficiality of “The Archer” is exacerbated by its deadening style. Review | Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Archer’ aims for profundity but misses 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Caio's emotional and moral anguish gradually exposes the self-seeking superficiality that surrounds him. Ottone in Villa 2010-05-23T21:30:00Z But even with the superficiality of the stories and lukewarm reviews, Allen's glowing portrayal of Rome has not gone completely unappreciated. The real star of Woody Allen's new movie is Rome 2012-06-27T15:07:02Z "Official Competition" also features a wonderfully minimalist set in Humberto's headquarters, which adds to the film's glossy style and commentary about superficiality and ego. Penélope Cruz dominates in "Official Competition," a delightful satire about ego and filmmaking 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Those weaknesses included an intellectual superficiality and a passion for political declamation — “magpie sermonizing,” as Spitz calls it — that often rendered him boring to others, particularly his first wife, the actress Jane Wyman. A New Biography of Ronald Reagan Captures His Passion for Stardom 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z The degree to which superficiality and conjecture had informed my view of an entire community hadn’t occurred to me. Seeing Inside the Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Community on the Netflix Series “Shtisel” 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z It was “American Wedding,” from “Nostalgia, Ultra,” which placed new lyrics about the superficiality of modern marriage and divorce atop the Eagles’ “Hotel California.” Music Review: Frank Ocean at Terminal 5 2012-07-27T22:12:30Z The Mozart work was expressive in its slow introduction, and then stylishly fleet, with a lightness of texture and articulation that yet never degenerated into superficiality. David Afkham’s SSO debut uncommonly impressive | Classical review 2013-03-22T16:52:26Z Photograph: Storm Thorgerson Storm Thorgerson could be inscrutable, grand and archly funny – all qualities that placed him some distance from the music industry's standard mixture of flimsy bonhomie and superficiality. Storm Thorgerson, Pink Floyd and the final secret of the world's greatest record sleeve designer 2013-04-19T17:32:49Z Before the Milan exhibition opened in October, some critics complained about its “superficiality.” With Museum Shows in Europe, Barbie Gets Her Moment With the Masters 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z “Make” is glamorous and formulaic, its superficiality almost part of its appeal. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Do they seem like the kind of people who would thrive in a world of malice and superficiality? Kendall Jenner: the Kardashian sister who’s ‘too fat’ for modelling 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z I admire how often and easily both foil those who mistake their bright, flat surfaces and guileless manner for superficiality or lack of substance. What a big Ed Ruscha exhibition misses about Southern California 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z But there is always a sense of glee when backbiting breaks out in the fashion world, a sense of relief that the industry’s superficiality has finally been confirmed. A former editor dished the dirt on Vogue – what did we learn? It’s just like any other magazine 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z With all the heavy problems we’re facing, I think people still want superficiality. Mel Ottenberg Takes Over Interview Magazine as Top Editor 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Its explanations of how new inventions work are simplified to the point of superficiality. Review: ‘Dreams Rewired,’ a Futuristic Look at the Past 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Even the stodgy New York Times, which decried the band’s “plastic sexual superficiality,” felt compelled, in the same article, to acknowledge its “enormously successful . . . electronically intense blending” of musical styles. Plagiarists or innovators? The Led Zeppelin paradox endures 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z The superficiality of the action isn’t helped by the Paris Opera dancers, who dance beautifully but emote rather than act. Review: ‘The Red and the Black’ Is Sumptuous, but Safe 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z "That superficiality is meant to be there," Millet explains. Lydia Millet finds mermaids in her new novel 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z But the show is laying groundwork, and the seeming superficiality is part of a bigger plan. How Do I Fill the ‘Succession’-Size Hole in My Sunday? 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z For all her superficiality, Bergman’s Charlotte came across as a woman whose preening vanity was just one of many notes in her character; Ms. Buckley’s cool, crisp Charlotte never acquires any tempering emotional depths. | 'Autumn Sonata': A Fraught Mother-Daughter Drama 2011-04-28T22:18:19Z The statement feels despairing; photography is only a play of surfaces, and our media culture is an exercise in superficiality. Hard truths and savage intensity 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z But Peckham’s disillusionment with superficialities was itself a cliché, and it didn’t last much longer than the next sundown. Ted Peckham's 'Gentlemen For Rent' 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z “Journey” shares that genre’s tendency toward superficiality and obviousness — only the most devout fan won’t tire of being told repeatedly what a brilliant singer and dancer Michael Jackson was. Review: Michael Jackson, Before He Was King 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z But the deeper significance of the work may have to do with the superficiality of our celebrity culture, which normalizes theatergoers paying top dollar for the privilege of having no artistic experience whatsoever. Amy Schumer and Keegan-Michael Key lend star power to 'Meteor Shower,' but it's still space junk 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Since many of the players' terminal cluelessness or chronic cases of superficiality bleed through their masks, it is still dressing up unreasonable expectations in impressive special effects makeup. On "Sexy Beasts," love isn't quite blind – but it's an entertainingly shallow heavy petting zoo 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Put simply, films with primarily white casts are afforded complexity — even superficiality — in the eyes of their audience. Maybe Hollywood’s not racist — it just has a processing disorder 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The pipe organ, with its power and intensity and clarion sound, is an antidote to the superficiality of modern culture, “of people glued to their tech contraptions, of the inability to develop any interior life.” Freeing the pipe organ from the usual grind 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The artwork for new single Face Like a Skull, about the superficiality of flesh, and the skeletal structure we all share, features a slightly deformed baby. Drenge on boredom, teenage rage and being Tom Watson MP's favourite band 2013-07-25T15:56:00Z But Mr. Anderson’s performance is limited by the superficiality of Mr. Wise’s book. Theater Review: ‘Soul Doctor,’ a Musical About Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach 2013-08-16T02:00:40Z In any case Mr. von Mayenburg’s notions about human superficiality and the links between our looks and our identity are not really that striking or subtle. Theater Review: ?The Ugly One,? a Satire About Beauty, at Soho Rep 2012-02-08T03:00:00Z “I am kind of disturbed by the superficiality of our national conversations around these issues,” Wright told the Guardian. 'Guilt was the biggest injury': how veterans are using poetry to heal 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z This superficiality is a problem only because of the pretense of being about great art. Movie Review: ‘The Artist and the Model,’ Starring Jean Rochefort 2013-08-02T00:56:40Z This triggers a series of escalating events that strip bare the superficiality of their lives and end in ruthless murder. Val McDermid's top 10 Oxford novels 2010-09-24T09:37:00Z In the event, for all its camp profanity and transparent superficiality, The Model Agency wasn't outrageous. Rewind TV: South Riding; The Model Agency; Friday Night Dinner; Silk 2011-02-27T00:05:40Z "In his day, he was celebrated for being able to capture a likeness in two hours, which has been taken as a mark of superficiality." Portait of a neglected painter: Philip de L?szl?'s works to go on display 2010-03-23T15:44:00Z But that can't make up for the story deficiencies and character superficiality in the script. Heist flick 'Bad Turn Worse' runs out of juice 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z But the problem for GCB is that it hasn’t yet figured out a way to be a soap that spoofs superficiality without being superficial itself. TV Weekend: GCB 2012-03-02T19:43:00Z James Poniewozik, in a review for The Times, likened it to a reality show: The series, he wrote, is “a document and an example of the superficiality of today’s elections.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘Mr. Mayor’ and ‘Tiger’ 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z The comic relief on her new debut album, “Young Forever,” is “Tired of California,” a sweet-voiced summation of the attractions, superficiality and ennui of aspiring to stardom in Los Angeles. Queen’s Unearthed Lament, and 6 More New Songs 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z It’s hard to ignore the gratuitous excess, the worrisome superficiality, the aqueous extravagance. D. J.s, Swim Briefs, $25 Coladas: In Vegas, the Party’s at the Pool 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z "Everybody's Fool," written about the superficiality of the bubblegum pop industry at the turn of the millennium, told me that I needed to stop pretending to fit in. Bring me to life: Evanescence helped me find my trans voice 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z Her revulsion at superficiality in general, and celebrity culture in particular, is comprehensive. Anna Kendrick: 'It's all about that fatal flaw' 2012-05-24T19:30:00Z Mr. Gold is a smart and often inspired director, so I’m assuming there’s method in his superficiality here. ‘The Real Thing,' With Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Opens on Broadway 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Yet it would be unfair to call his book a primer because that suggests a superficiality that is entirely at odds with the vast learning encompassed in this slim volume. The Mysteries of the American-Saudi Alliance 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z He blames that on superficiality — he says there’s not enough effort to dig into the issues and get all sides. Polls show Americans distrust the media. But talk to them, and it’s a very different story. 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z “Sleep” is rife with the hallmarks of Mr. Richter’s style: a clarity that can seem like superficiality; an earnestness and emotionality that often come off as more ersatz and manipulative than personal. On the Mattress for ‘Sleep,’ an 8-Hour Lullaby 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z But “First Winter” knows what it is: a stark metaphysical parable that contemplates the superficiality and fragility of modern civilization. Movie Review: ‘First Winter,’ a Benjamin Dickinson Film 2012-11-16T00:09:10Z She said she felt humiliated by Sinatra, mistreated by the gossip pages and dismayed by what she called the superficiality of Hollywood life. Lauren Bacall dies at 89; iconic film legend known as ‘The Look’ Payne, Dern implied, is in a tradition of subversives who have courted Hollywood money yet recoiled from the superficiality and predictability of the films that most producers want to finance. Cannes celebrates the movie mavericks 2013-05-25T23:06:17Z But such ardor disguises neither the superficiality nor stupidity of their characters, who make really, really bad choices from the get-go. Kieron Barry’s ‘Tomorrow in the Battle’: A Love Triangle 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z And when people don’t consciously explore what they want from their relationships, superficiality, dishonesty and dissatisfaction are common and inevitable results. This is how we remake monogamy: More choices, better sex, better marriages 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z As it happens, I agree with that, but “The Age of Earthquakes” ends up playing into the superficiality it decries. 'The Age of Earthquakes' looks back instead of forward 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z She paints doll-like women with pouty mouths and perfect porcelain skin; yet their eyes are empty, hinting at the superficiality of their beauty and the artist’s reflection on her generation’s obsession with appearance and consumption. 2010-01-05T06:10:00Z In the film, the director Sidney Lumet coaxed performances of natural surrealism from his cast, suggesting how its characters were all shaped and warped by an industry’s cutthroat superficiality. Review: An Electrifying Bryan Cranston Is All the Rage in ‘Network’ 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z The differences between the two films are many, but both feature the thrill of young, attractive girls breaking bad for the sake of glorious superficiality. Coppola's 'Bling Ring' at home at decadent Cannes 2013-05-16T18:47:08Z Do you think these dark times have changed people’s relationship to superficiality — whether celebrity, fashion, trends, materialism? Mel Ottenberg Takes Over Interview Magazine as Top Editor 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z And in an era of righteous certainty and flamboyant superficiality, what sets this special most against the grain is its commitment to doubt. Marc Maron and the Comedy of Doubt 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z He talks earnestly about humanity's essential oneness, about attuning into different frequency bandwidths of consciousness, eschewing superficiality and so on, all of which he puts down to his spiritual awakening. Russell Brand: 'It's irrelevant what other people think of you' 2013-02-03T20:00:01Z Cheerfully cynical yet with a sincere appetite for the game, “The Circus” is both a document and an example of the superficiality of today’s elections. Review: ‘The Circus’ Is Reality TV for a Reality-TV Presidential Race 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Great theater thrives on nuance and complexity; Trump is the opposite, and the artistic responses to a figure of such superficiality and vindictiveness have tended to be rather thin and shrill as well. Perspective | The president opens his mouth daily, and the American theater bites back 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Strong has a way of conveying the tight, pointed superficiality of a know-nothing execu-bro who radiates enough competence to pull a room's attention. "Succession" returns after two years, and the Roy family hasn't changed a bit 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z And yet, despite television ads that look alternately wacky and mawkish and suggest pat, glossy superficiality, "Hope Springs" unearths some quiet and often uncomfortable truths. Review: Quiet `Hope Springs' has real punch 2012-08-06T23:46:05Z This superficiality often consumes us, deters us from introspection and critical thinking, and certainly keeps us from questioning the authority of, say, the news media, or Hollywood, or government, or school. Coyotes, the Ultimate American Tricksters 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z “It’s the opposite of the superficiality you usually see in television casting in that we aren’t necessarily choosing people with the biggest personalities,” said Richard McKerrow, a founder of Love Productions, which produces the show. ‘The Great British Bake Off’ Changes the Way the British Bake 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z It reminded me of Sydney, but because L.A. is the center of Hollywood and celebrity, there is an oversaturation of social media that gives it an underlying sense of superficiality. The Blue Flame of ‘Hotlanta’ 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z His detractors accuse him of helium lightness and superficiality, of writing about art stars in a consistently adulatory tone. Calvin Tomkins Continues to Chronicle Artists 2011-10-04T20:34:15Z We met and discovered we shared disillusionment with mainstream dance and the superficiality that dominated the form. Nigel Charnock obituary 2012-08-07T14:06:41Z They thought it trafficked in superficiality and oversimplification, reducing complicated policy questions to a point-scoring exercise. John McLaughlin: The man who pumped up the volume on political talk shows 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z And despite gorgeous interiors and impressive backdrops, the show as a whole doesn’t have the sweep or grandeur that would let you overlook the glibness and superficiality of the script. Review: Helen Mirren Wears the Crown (This Time, Russia’s) 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z As if we can’t see the superficiality of it all — the pretense of representation and the paternalistic nature of doing something for our benefit when we can see how hollow it is. We're not protecting the right people by removing racism from TV and film 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z As we learn more about a deadly family history, we also uncover tales of pettiness and superficiality. Part spooky escape room, part live theater, the Ministry of Peculiarities is magic 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Laurie’s career spanned six decades, taking her from perky starlet roles during Hollywood’s golden era to a three-time Academy Award nominee who — despite the honors and accolades — repeatedly criticized what she saw as Hollywood’s superficiality. Piper Laurie, won nominations for 'Carrie' and 'The Hustler' and cult status for 'Twin Peaks,' has died 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z McKnight has found that certain stereotypes attached to the Valley girl accent — the vapidness, superficiality and self-importance — are projected onto her when she uses the voice. My Valley girl accent follows me wherever I go. Long live the 'likes' and 'totallys' 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Francis spoke of the superficiality of people who help the poor to make themselves feel good but who then immediately wash their hands in disgust. Real charity should 'gets hands dirty', pope tells young people 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z “These pay increases are about superficiality and about opportunistic politicians who are just trying to make a name for themselves,” said West Hollywood restaurateur Lucian Tudor, a Romanian immigrant. West Hollywood will have the nation's highest minimum wage. Businesses owners are not happy 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z But the values enshrined in “English” go beyond pop cultural superficialities. The protests in Iran make this funny play all the more potent 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z America's media and public discourse are increasingly driven by speed, superficiality and endless desire for "content" that is antithetical to reflective writing that speaks truth to power. Trump and his movement are symptoms of America's profound disorder — but not the cause 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z As Felton details his post-Harry Potter life in Southern California, grinding through the audition circuit, he paints a striking picture of a well-adjusted actor beaten down by Hollywood’s superficiality. Review | Harry Potter’s Tom Felton looks back at the highs and lows of stardom 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z It denigrated all older women and highlighted the superficiality of male thinking in one swipe. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: An attention-seeker gets just that 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z I think there is something deeper than superficialities like race. 'Bridgerton' star Simone Ashley on Kate Sharma's humanity and representation 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z But “Street Gang” isn’t too far behind in its inessentialness, the film’s celebratory superficiality increasingly grating as the doc goes on. Review | ‘Street Gang,’ a ‘Sesame Street’ documentary, is as sweet as the show — to its detriment 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z America's news media and the nation's larger public discourse are increasingly dictated by speed and superficiality and an endless supply of "content" in service to clicks, likes, downloads, retweets and of course advertising revenue. Trump and his movement are symptoms of America's profound disorder — but not the cause 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z It actually has a hard superficiality that leaves people feeling deflected. Perspective | Aaron Rodgers is entitled to stay unvaccinated. He’s not entitled to lie about it. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z In reality, the other person also typically enjoyed getting beyond superficialities. Perspective | Small talk is boring. Our research shows how you can do better. 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z A sudden development late in the film suffers from the same superficiality. Review | ‘Stillwater,’ with Matt Damon, is four movies in one, and only some of them work 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z They are defined by gleaming, self-conscious, controlled superficiality. Perspective | In Jill Biden’s Vogue cover, there’s optimism and rebuke 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z It’s all too easy for out-of-state TV anchors and reporters to focus on celebritude and superficialities when dealing with California politics. Column: The California recall is fascinating — especially if you're an East Coast TV anchor 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z In their repetitive dress code of tailored suits, khaki trousers and golf shirts, they send the message that they’ve renounced superficiality and frivolousness as beneath their gender’s dignity. Review | Why the tailored suit — not ruffles and lace — became synonymous with power 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z The superficiality of the 24/7 cable news cycle? Author Rick Perlstein on the challenge ahead: "Biden knows that he is managing a dying regime" 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z Instantaneous digital interactions encourage superficiality, insularity and tribalism. Opinion | What we lost when we stopped reading 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z His was the pedantic, put-upon conservative with a small “c”, frustrated with the superficiality of modern trends, comically thwarted and superbly enraged. David Mitchell: ‘I have no reason to have these apocalyptic musings’ 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z It is true that both Trump and Reagan are TV presidents: products of the worst aspects of American popular culture and its superficiality, the emphasis on the impulsive versus the meditative and contemplative. The Trump murder video is no joke: It's an encouragement to ramp up the violence 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Lost and alone in a crowd, Gordy confesses to Oliver that he’s turned off by the superficiality and noisiness of the scene. Review: 'The Canadians' at South Coast Repertory sets course with a queer 'Love Boat' 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z The series comments on the superficiality of modern politics, but in a way that’s colorful and cartoonish, with a broadly comic take on privilege and popularity, not bogged down by wonky real-world details. Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series The Politician pairs perfectly with Election 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z They’re tired of being immersed in the superficiality of the digital world, Steinberger notes, and want to connect to a place on a meaningful, personal level. Move over Google. Travel publishers are teaming up for grittier city intel 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Without a common belief in the goodness of America, no matter one's ideology, it is hard to find what unites people beside relative superficialities like sporting events, Shapiro claimed Monday on "The Story." Ben Shapiro: Millennials' waning support of patriotism, religion hurt the ties that bind Americans together 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z But beyond comic book superficiality, the opposite is not true for boys. Women at war: why do we still struggle with the idea of female soldiers? 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Today’s global interconnectivity, in its mesmerising superficiality, seems to work against this kind of subversive – and defiantly local – communal creativity. Stolen phones, British homes and wine for breakfast – Arles photography festival 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Junk politics is a form heavily defined by spectacle, distraction, superficiality and novelty. Chris Hedges: Democrats may well lose to Trump again, and Bernie Sanders is "naive" 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Is that a typo for ‘superficiality’, or is that an actual word? To find great leaders, get beyond the granite 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z “Reporting about the complexities of border security is difficult and the topic doesn't lend itself well to the general superficialities of television news,” he said. San Diego station claims CNN asked for local border wall perspective, but backed off when response favored Trump 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Yes, there’s a certain reality to the superficiality of our society, but your reality is only inside your head. Writing the modern rom-com: How the creators of 'Isn't It Romantic' twisted tropes to both satirize and satisfy 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z The Iraq trip was a prime example of the superficiality of how this president sees the military. Opinion | The President’s Field Trip to the Forever War 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Respond to him with a platitude, or fail to press him on an uncomfortable topic, and he may fault you for superficiality. Review | ‘Stay’ is a brilliant visual novel that taunts you for neglecting it. You won’t want to. 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z And besides, InSight cares little for the superficialities on the surface; its interest lies far deeper. NASA's InSight Mission Triumphantly Touches Down on Mars 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z I feel like it’s a reaction to the darkness, superficiality and cynicism that is present today. Why woodworker (and actor) Nick Offerman wants you to unleash your inner crafter - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Complaints about superficiality and schmaltz were regularly leveled against his plays. Neil Simon: How the playwright wrote his own second act and finally won over critics 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z But then he added: “It’s not right to die because of negligence, carelessness, irresponsibility, superficiality, bureaucracy or boredom.” ‘A Wound to the Heart of Genoa’: Italy Buries Victims of Bridge Collapse 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z This deep dive into spirituality cuts through the noise and superficiality of the modern world, said Christen Nguyen, and instead offers meaning and the joy that characterizes the group. Young women seek a nun's life with a joyful Vietnamese order 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z “People see the superficiality of the fashion world and maybe then see affectation. But that’s not me.” ‘Race does define me,’ says André Leon Talley — and now the fashion icon is ready to talk about it 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z “What if money means financial independence and freedom — not greed and superficiality?” Money and ambition are not dirty words | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Indiana himself called it “a comment on the superficiality of American life.” Robert Indiana, who turned ‘Love’ into enduring art, dies at 89 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Channel 4’s “documentary” last week, Meet the Markles, plumbed new depths of superficiality in its specious mission to show what papers had previously revealed: the prince’s wife has a dysfunctional family. Royal wedding shows growing irrelevance of monarchy and press | Roy Greenslade 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z I wanted to describe the effects of superficiality when it’s combined with a good education and moderate intelligence. In a rare interview, Elena Ferrante describes the writing process behind the Neapolitan novels 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z "When you lose hair, one of the immediate messages is that you're perhaps ageing. And usually this is something people don't want. It goes along with superficiality and appearance in society." Why is there stigma around male baldness? 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The experiment, however, was meant to show the superficiality of a conversation between man and machine. ‘The Woebot will see you now’ — the rise of chatbot therapy 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z I'm glad you wrote this op-ed about your experience growing up among such superficiality and, obviously, succeeding in not allowing it to change you. Opinion | Mayim Bialik: Being a Feminist in Harvey Weinstein’s World 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Surveying the great online pageant of self-promotion and superficiality, social media users were led to believe they were the only ones in the world to have authentic feelings and opinions. The first social media suicide 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z “Logan Lucky” turns out to be an apt return for Soderbergh, conveying his gift for the fleet directness of almost offhand wit but also betraying the glib superficiality of his least memorable work. Review | In ‘Logan Lucky,’ Steven Soderbergh makes an antic return from retirement 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z The superficiality and lack of soul of these actors’ art is telling. Jim Carrey's art is yet more proof that Hollywood stars should avoid the canvas 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Penn, for all its superficiality, felt one step closer to a larger world. Unlearning the myth of American innocence 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z The song urges the older generations not to force young men to "run after money and superficialities" and to let them marry their daughters who are languishing at home. Arab Despacito: Comedy version of the song complains about high dowries - BBC News 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z This is an indictment of the superficiality of American society today. Tired of ‘Winning’? You Should Be 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z If Cooper has little patience for the superficiality of modern grief, she has even less for its efficiency. Review | The case against grieving online 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Much postwar pessimism had to do with the superficiality of mass culture in an age of affluence, and with the fear that the banality and conformity of consumer society had reduced people to robots. A Golden Age for Dystopian Fiction 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z It’s a piece that emphasizes superficiality over content, a plague that has come to define US media in the past 30 years. Between the lies: the Getty explores how form affects function in media 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z People are looking for something deeper than the superficiality of life. Integrity is the most important thing when seeking a fulfilling experience in every aspect of life, including work. How to cultivate compassion in the workplace 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, San Francisco, a city that has long prided itself on being the progressive counterpart to LA’s Hollywood superficiality , has a ballot measure that would outlaw the tents that many homeless people sleep in. Death, marijuana and condoms: a complete guide to US ballot questions 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Trump’s joke on this topic — “I’ll keep you in suspense” — is symbolic of his superficiality. Trump reveals fragility at the heart of American democracy 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z So to be mean, that would be kind of horrifying in its superficiality. Q&A: Christopher Guest on 'Mascots,' shoelaces and the high stakes of the lower echelons 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z But no prior knowledge of the characters is needed to appreciate such overblown selfishness and superficiality in a post-Kardashian world. Review: ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ delights in the outrageous 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z He publicly remonstrated Donald Trump for using his music on the campaign trail - saying he would never "endorse hate, bigotry, childish name calling, the superficiality of celebrity or ignorance". Neil Young gets back to nature - BBC News 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z It’s got the unbuttoned spontaneity that selfie culture celebrates – and the same deadening superficiality. James Needham's bathroom painting proves art is doomed in the selfie age 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z “It speaks to a certain kind of superficiality in how we judge how and when we’re able to approach someone in trying to start some kind of relationship,” Lanthimos said. Farrell explores relationship dystopia in 'The Lobster' 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z The job conjures for many all the tropes of narcissism, vapidness, superficiality. Melania Trump: From professional pretty person to potential first lady 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z In that sense, he was more or less successful, although observers were quick to point out his general superficiality. The Foreign-Policy Distance Between Trump and Reagan 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z She listed some of her phobias: “superficiality, vulgarity especially in women, untidiness of mind and person, and cigars.” Remembering Nancy Reagan: The End of a White House Love Story 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z But critics say Hanky fosters superficiality and superiority, by providing an environment where people are judged on their appearance. The dating apps taking on Tinder - BBC News 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z But to call Mr. Rubio, in effect, a pretty face uses superficiality to attack superficiality. New Ted Cruz Ad Mocks Marco Rubio as ‘Just a Pretty Face’ 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Trump’s nonsensical blurting is now a successful campaign strategy and we can expect more Trumps in future elections, further debasing the process while elevating superficiality over seriousness. A monster the GOP could’ve avoided: The conservative establishment created Trump—and now they can’t destroy him 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z He called Clinton’s criticisms “disingenuous” and she accused him of superficiality. Clinton and Sanders battle over Wall Street in Democratic debate – as it happened 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z David Vine’s new book, “Base Nation,” illustrates that this superficiality still pertains when it comes to the largely unstated and unexamined assumptions that support the massive infrastructure of U.S. military installations around the world. The costs of maintaining our bases overseas 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Convincing an audience why it should matter to them, and to a culture increasingly enthralled by its own superficiality, seems to me not a bad way of spending a working life. Self-criticism: A theater critic's search for nuance in the age of Yelp 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z To him and others, Barbie is the perfect symbol of glamour, fun, superficiality and consumerism. Why Warhol painted Barbie - BBC News 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z But in Germany, where voters are suspicious of flashy superficiality, she is viewed as authentic. Merkel and Putin: A grudging relationship - BBC News 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z He called Clinton’s criticisms “disingenuous” and she accused him of superficiality. Clinton and Sanders battle over Wall Street in Democratic debate – as it happened 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z But at what point do the glitz and superficiality begin to undermine its stakes? Backstage with the hopefuls of Eurovision 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z “The words of the FBI director bear witness to astounding insensitivity and impermissible superficiality,” the ministry said in a statement. World Digest: April 21, 2015 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Look, this clearly isn’t the Speaker’s best subject, and some superficiality is to be expected when he tries to address the issue. For Boehner, leading and waging war are now linked 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Sidestepping the minefield issue of women’s anxiety over body image – as one astute observer said, "sisterhood should fly in the face of superficiality" – sorority policies seeking visual sameness are troubling for another important reason. Sorority Segregation Is a Serious Issue 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Abandoning the superficiality of the traditional town hall meeting, these stakeholders are hiring outside consultants who specialize in engaging citizens. ‘Do-It-Yourself Democracy’ Shows Power and Pitfalls of Public Engagement 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z I cannot bear the enforced bonhomie of it all, the hype, the crowds, the now superficiality of it all. The people who choose to be alone at Christmas 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z As the name suggests, Material Design is more about physicality than superficiality. iOS 8 vs Android 5.0 Lollipop Review: 2014's Biggest Platform War 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Right now, pundits are largely focused on the superficialities of nomenclature. Don’t be naive, Mr. President: How the White House should respond to last night’s disaster 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z But because there are thousands of people at your fingertips, it also creates a society of oversharing, superficiality, and instant gratification. Hook-up Apps Are Destroying Gay Relationships 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z One commenter wrote: "What comes to mind with the words Los Angeles? Gross excess, superficiality, and hedonistic lifestyles, not things one really wants to aspire to eh!" L.A. watchmaker Cameron Weiss thinks his time has come This was a satire of the fashion industry in which its superficiality, absurdity, addiction problems, and shoddy treatment of young women were all skewered with black humour. Spike Jonze satire electrifies New York fashion week for Opening Ceremony 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Rivers also ruthlessly sent up – or celebrated – her own self-absorption, avarice and superficiality, and by association, the world she lived in and seemed most luridly to represent. Decorum, decay and impending death – Joan Rivers' standup 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z For all the dissimilarities in eras — we were greeted with yellow ribbons and parades, superficialities meant to atone for mistakes — the homecoming experience for American soldiers and Marines remains a messy, complicated affair. Book review: ‘Blue-Eyed Boy: A Memoir,’ by Robert Timberg In all these leaks, the shiny superficiality of the iPhone 6 is being emphasised. The Curved iPhone 6 Screen Is Great News For Consumers, But Still Leaves iOS Developers In The Dark 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Now, however, with the benefit of time and deeper understanding, I see the superficiality of this first appreciation. Defending Devotees of the Latin Mass in New York 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z And Webb never relished the superficiality of the campaign trail, which he might find even more pronounced at the presidential level than in the Senate. Former Va. senator Webb considering presidential bid May 22 or 23, 1993: Visit to Sharon Rockefeller’s and lengthy discussion of superficiality of DC scene; most US senators diseased from egomania. Clinton Papers Reveal Her Disdain for Congress in '93 2014-02-10T21:35:41Z Remember the movie “Bull Durham,” when Kevin Costner’s character, Crash Davis, launches his crude rant about the qualities and superficialities of life? DH still controversial after 40 years 2013-07-19T03:34:06Z Its instantaneous nature encourages superficiality – or so the argument goes. How selfies became a global phenomenon 2013-07-13T23:00:01Z Sighted people assume blind people are free of superficiality when it comes to romance. 10x10 things about 10 years of the Magazine 2013-07-05T23:19:10Z But none of that alters its superficiality or its short shelf-life. Big ideas can be bad ideas – even in the age of the thinktank 2013-06-18T20:00:01Z After all, she glorifies superficiality and the kind of over-sized homes last seen before the housing crash. Shopping for Toys with a Feminist Mom 2013-05-11T05:15:00Z Silence is the beginning remedy to this emerging dictatorship of superficiality—which is being fueled by life’s ever-increasing pace. The silence at the heart of Pope Francis’s Jesuit identity 2013-03-15T14:27:44Z The show is famous for fake tans and superficiality. Why Some Brand Extensions Are Brilliant and Others Are Just Awkward 2013-02-07T14:00:58Z It disregarded any desire readers might have to connect with the research in detail, only demonstrating the same superficiality of contemporary knowledge consumption it was critiquing. Do online comments hurt – or aid – our understanding of science? 2013-01-16T11:57:59Z But for all his commercial might, the defining reality of Beckham as a brand and as a person has not been the glitzy superficiality that his critics suggest but his durability. Brand Beckham: The value of David 2012-11-20T13:07:28Z This doesn’t mean, however, that the Olympics is free from superficiality. For Olympic Women, the Pressure to Look Perfect 2012-08-11T22:35:28Z But even with the superficiality of the stories and lukewarm reviews, Allen’s glowing portrayal of Rome has not gone completely unappreciated. Merkel: no quick solution to crisis 2012-06-27T12:15:00Z We are feed a steady diet of superficiality. Give People Less 2012-06-07T19:10:17Z He could not help observe the superficiality of the average tourist. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Reminding users that they are talking to a machine can make them more conscious of the superficiality of the exchange. Nuance Communications Wants a World of Voice Recognition 2012-03-31T15:25:05Z Peale was typical of a certain phase of American character, representing the restlessness and superficiality which prevail upon men to turn lightly from one occupation to another. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z We will be the first to admit that our policy is based on class and superficiality — unfortunately that is what our regulars expect and want. Cape Town Journal: In Cape Town, Many Black South Africans Feel Unwelcome 2012-03-22T22:33:00Z But, alas! what superficiality is contained in this man's brain. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z The education had intensified the cardinal faults of his character, impatience, superficiality, a great lack of sympathy for the more tender attachments and the more profound interests of men—essential unbelief in human grandeur. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z It seems to bear the marks of superficiality. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Perhaps if Beaumont had lived, the two might have advanced to maturer and worthier achievement, but Fletcher's work alone rather displays the superficialities and artificialities of the collaboration. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Giordano had an astonishing readiness and facility, in spite of the general commonness and superficiality of his performances. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z He hated mediocrity and superficiality, and he had inconveniently high standards. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Their profound confidence in their judgement on the matter is matched only by their level of superficiality and ignorance. Cocaine and the sexual habits of quail, or, why does NIH fund what it does? 2011-12-28T17:15:14.987Z "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and "Huckleberry Finn" are colossal exceptions to the prevailing weakness and superficiality of American novels. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z It is a mere fly-speck of superficiality compared with the rooted and permanent forces of corruption that exist in the European states. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z We must, therefore, regard the theological contrivance which furnished angels with wings, as being a clumsy one; indicating superficiality, rather than profound thought, and emanating from human infirmity rather than divine inspiration or direct revelation. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Graceful idleness was not esteemed in that country, where bread was won by strenuous toil, and the stillness and dimness of those great forest aisles emphasized the woman's artificial superficiality. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z This is unquestionably a lamentable desideratum in the original conception and design of the popular Hindoo Shastras, clearly demonstrating its superficiality and poverty. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z When people are extremely analytical with me I am sure that they are superficial, and, to me, nothing is more abominable than superficiality, unless perhaps it is an intolerable degree of thoroughness. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z Political differences and race superficialities of expression seem a larger barrier than they really are, for in its broader faiths and vision the civilized world is becoming homogeneous. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z It is all very pretty and picturesque, but shallow, brilliant superficiality. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Mr. Morrell added, “It doesn’t seem to be in his nature to bring up anything other than superficialities.” For Obama, a ?Moment? Speech at a Time of Great Obstacles to Change 2011-09-09T01:08:33Z These points of attraction were mostly superficialities, it is true, like the fashion of clothes or the conventionalism of accepted social customs. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Were the practice abolished, the journalist who was forced to appear in his own character might abandon not his superficiality, but whatever power of blushing he retains. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z To regard this superficiality as more than a transient symptom, and thereby to lose sight of the genuine intensity of nature which has animated it, would indicate the shallow observer. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z It stood as a salutary contrast with the sheer superficiality and short-sightedness of the Bush administration’s approach to military occupation. Being German in 1945 2011-07-30T04:15:23Z However simple and ordinary the subject of your verse, try to carry the reader beyond superficialities, to the wonderful and the unordinary that so often give glory to life's commonplaces. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z "Surely not in the estimate of those who are at all serious on the subject of living—those whom superficialities in all conduct or thought weary and even disgust." The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z The alternative is a culture of frivolousness, corruption, and superficiality, all the way down. Rupert Murdoch as Citizen 2011-07-25T05:00:00Z A crowded curriculum is a curriculum of superficialities, where men are forever occupied with alphabets and multiplication-tables,—elementary matters, containing little mental nutriment. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z It is the origin alike of our torpor and our superficiality. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z To one who entered into an ethical relation with it, it contained besides its apparent superficiality boundless treasures and resources. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Elegant superficiality flowed from him without an effort. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z He had very little money, and very much wit, and was a born foe to all superficiality. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z This form of the faculty is better, for the encyclopedic memory is usually of little use and, except in high degrees, encourages superficiality rather than real knowledge. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z After girlhood, with its fun and laughter and lightheartedness, they settle down into a sort of mental apathy, and satisfy themselves, as best they can, with superficialities—dress, for instance. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z Yet it would manifest a lack of political backbone and a deplorable superficiality, should one draw from this fact any kind of pessimistic conclusions. Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z With all their artificiality, superficiality, and self-sufficiency, I think that there is, on the whole, more frankness, sincerity, and honest selfishness among stage folks than among any other class of society. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z We see deeper into the speaker’s spirit and view of life, while we recognize the superficiality of the creed of his visitor. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z Kansas is still too near to first principles to be concerned with superficialities. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z The Sea Lady volunteered no information, contenting herself with an entertaining superficiality of touch and go, in the most ladylike way. The Sea Lady 2011-04-22T02:00:07.843Z The mere fact of the 'regret' article is recognition of the superficiality of the report, and therefore, there is no need to praise or curse Goldstone. Press slam Goldstone about-face 2011-04-04T14:18:43Z We live in the day of big things, and sneer as we may at the superficiality of estimating quality by size, there is no escape from it when the purpose is only to kindle interest. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z He hoped by these means to give a certain stability to his projected institution, and to avoid the superficiality of mere enthusiasm. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z But indeed it is very manifest everywhere that Damis was outside the circle of initiation, and this accounts both for his wonder-loving point of view and his general superficiality. Apollonius of Tyana, the Philosopher-Reformer of the First Century A.D. 2011-03-04T03:01:05.837Z A man knows solitude, his thoughts come clear, superficialities are left behind in the lands of men. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z He shows an unexpected variety and complexity of forces, and proves the superficiality and fallacious character of much of current discussion. The Riverside Bulletin, March, 1910 Houghton Mifflin Books for Spring and Summer 2011-02-23T03:00:32.690Z They have no clue about the superficiality of video. Dot Earth: Generation Hot Meets Generation Coal 2011-02-19T21:58:11Z It is indeed a poor sort of fool who does not know himself in his relations to the superficialities of his daily existence. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Moreover, Bach, whose influence pervades every musical form, can be relied on more than any other composer to correct the superficiality which is the bane of modern taste. Johann Sebastian Bach 2011-01-26T03:00:27.060Z My blood boils now at the remembrance of how I was forced to yield to the whims of others: to humour dulness on the one side and intellectual superficiality on the other. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z It seems, if I have understood him aright, that he finds fault with you because you are rather—what shall I say?—rather given to the superficialities of our civilization. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z Yet now, forsooth, because Pierre began to see through the first superficiality of the world, he fondly weens he has come to the unlayered substance. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Well, I hold, on the contrary, that after the superficialities of the sixties and seventies and eighties people’s minds have been getting a firmer and firmer grip upon the reality of specific instability. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z Against the clamor of the usual superstar superficiality, the thought of Miami’s making the case for the microwave title run against the league’s longtime champion of togetherness is appealing — and a growing possibility. Off the Dribble: There's No 'I' in Spurs 2011-01-04T23:24:54Z If these women would come out to make homes on the land, bringing with them all their essentials of refinement, but dropping the superficialities, what a blessing it would be. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z Instead of the master communicator many came to expect from the campaign, President Obama now often finds himself griping about the superficiality of news coverage, especially on cable television. Obama Gains Momentum in Fight Over Tax-Cut Extension 2010-09-17T08:55:00Z Charged with creating “the Girly Gawker,” Ms. Holmes sought “an antidote to superficiality and irrelevance of women’s media properties.” The Blog Jezebel Is Not Afraid to Pick a Fight 2010-07-12T03:08:00Z Has not Emerson, among many others, declared with a cogency and a depth of meaning which quite defy the superficiality and levity attractive to a few, that mere consistency is narrow and confining? The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker Nothing shows more clearly the superficiality of our education than the fact that these unfounded statements with regard to the greatest period of education in history have been so universally accepted with so little question. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time And because it was, it was also the song of life itself,—life in the raw, life as it is when all the superficialities that blunt the vision had been struck away. The Voice of the Pack Rome and London and Oxford are metropolitan—much more dangerously exposed to the metropolitan snares of superficiality and of submerged personality with the corollary of vulgar display. Sinister Street, vol. 2 The superficiality of the Institutka was recognized in the middle of the nineteenth century. The Modern Woman's Rights Movement A Historical Survey Both kinds reflect in their Voltairian superficiality Bolingbroke’s manner of life, which was throughout uninspired by any great ideas or principles and thoroughly false and superficial. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" For this he cannot altogether escape blame, but the student will soon detect the superficiality of the criticism, and see the genuine Thoreau beneath the Emersonian veneer. The Vagabond in Literature Very great wealth introduces too many intermediaries, too great indirectness, too much that is extrinsic, too frequent hindrances and superficialities. The Holy Earth It looks so powerful because of its superficiality,—as does a hippopotamus which is very little else but physical. The Spirit of Japan It is a success which its singularity has gained for it, and which its superficiality will soon again forfeit. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 Incredibly the Push were blind to their amazing superficiality. Years of Plenty To accuse him of superficiality of emotion would be unfair; for he was a man with much natural tenderness in his disposition. The Vagabond in Literature But pride, perversity, superficiality of the deductive faculty, triumphed. In the Whirl of the Rising The speaker answered an objection to the plan of study based upon its superficiality. The Story of Chautauqua His love was as profound as it was ready; in fact, if there was anything he detested more than loud laughter, it was superficiality. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Mary Astell was one such, and the case as presented by her shows the superficiality of the conventional routine of a woman's life. Women of England She saw it stripped of the little superficialities of youth; she saw clearly, with uncanny preciseness, causes and effects, the havoc, too, of her own thoughtlessness and weaknesses. Happy House There is no superficiality or pettiness about these homely women with their deep chests and calm faces, peacefully occupying themselves with their sound, agreeable children. Artists Past and Present Random Studies Dr. Arthur Gilman: Your fears of "superficiality" do not trouble me. The Story of Chautauqua Herr Duehring further explains that "it was a piece of superficiality on the part of Darwin to make the mere fact of the sex-composition of qualities the foundation for the existence of these qualities." Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" He realized the fact that his own improved circumstances had deceived him, and that in truth the same superficiality of life and degradation of the stage prevailed everywhere. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians But it was not from superficialities of this kind that the depth of his stellar interests was to be measured. Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies There was too much system in her frivolity and superficiality. Jena or Sedan? Versatility is commonly regarded as an indication of superficiality. Ivory Apes and Peacocks —It is possible that the amateur may transcend the stage of superficiality and subject himself to a thorough training; then he ceases to be an amateur. Pedagogics as a System With all their superficiality they combined perfection in the art of singing, but failed to awaken any sense of the intrinsic worth of our own nature. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians My impression of Lord Chesterfield is a very ignorant one, principally derived from the very little I remember of that profound science of superficiality contained in his "Letters to his Son." Records of Later Life "Levity, carelessness, lack of industry, superficiality in almost every subject," thus ran the reports of his teachers. Jena or Sedan? Style and quality are, I believe, suspected in Germany as evidences of superficiality, of a desire to add ornament where plain speech should suffice. Ivory Apes and Peacocks These suppositions, which are so popular, and are considered to be high philosophy, spring from the superficiality of psychological inquiry.— Pedagogics as a System With such a confession he regained strength to battle against Parisian superficiality, which even in the sacred sphere of art seemed to seek only for outward success and to admire whatever fashion dictated. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians The world classifies human beings according to their superficialities. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types A proud self-denying asceticism had given way to trivialities and superficialities. Jena or Sedan? We are the heart of life, birth and begetting, the home where the future grows, and your schemes ignore us and slide about over the superficialities of things. The Passionate Friends The danger on the one side is of superficiality, on the other of narrowness. Pedagogics as a System To accuse Macaulay of superficiality is, in this sense, altogether absurd. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) And the man at your side is now too deeply buried in the channels which run below the superficiality of the world’s thought to hear your childish question. Carmen Ariza If there is an occasional impression of fragility and superficiality, it is yet wholly in character, and seems not to interfere with the peculiar charm. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 I forget—had in the haste of his superficiality adopted a moustache that would not keep on and an eyeglass that would not keep in. The Passionate Friends "It is marvelous to note how happily Mr. Higginson, in securing an amazing compactness by his condensation, has avoided alike superficiality and dullness." Bridge Disasters in America The Cause and the Remedy Macaulay's false glitter and jingle, his frequent flippancy and superficiality of thought, are more easily caught than his virtues; but so are all faults. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) But he touches upon it with his usual superficiality. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion "Ah but if the effect," said Densher with conscious superficiality, "isn't agreeable—?" The Wings of the Dove, Volume II Gribojedoff also, in a telling comedy, has some striking sarcasms on the superficiality and hollow frivolousness of the education of girls of the upper classes. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 The American mind has been accused of ignorance, superficiality, levity, commonplaceness, and dozens of other defects, but "dulness" is not one of them. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures Will our little superficialities, so ingrained that we don't realize them, taint her splendid unaffectedness? Highacres If there is a lamentable increase of vulgarity, superficiality, and restlessness in our epoch, there is also an inspiring development of certain qualities. Another Sheaf But we have seen that the mischief goes far beyond mere superficiality and bad taste. The Curse of Education In physics, as in every other walk of life, we suffer from lack of thoroughness, from a kind of superficiality that is characteristically human but especially American. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College He had no patience with superficiality masquerading as wisdom, and was quick to detect a fallacy in reasoning. War Letters of a Public-School Boy Then, in a strange voice, affecting nonchalance and superficiality he said to her: "Sitting in the church there reminded me of Ingram." The Rainbow Its object was to counteract the influence and superficiality of the Arcadians. All About Coffee This phase of his influence should interest us of to-day, when the same problems of wealth and poverty and of superficiality in religion confront our arrogant modern "civilization." Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Many of those who have discussed specialization seem to assume that the only, or at least the chief, purpose of an engineering education is to give technical information, and that specialization is synonymous with superficiality. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College This affinity of wit with ratiocination is the more obvious in proportion as the species of wit is higher and deals less with less words and with superficialities than with the essential qualities of things. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete It is, nevertheless, difficult to believe that these enthusiasts confined themselves to the superficialities of Chinese learning. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Instead of leading their organized hosts to victory, they disclose their superficiality in their zeal not to injure their reputation for "respectability." Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature Humanitarianism is exhibiting itself in a low and vulgar manner, and superficiality and bad taste are stalking about in peacock fashion. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature The regrettable superficiality appearing in the frequent confusion of the "direct" with the "natural" method is characteristic of this. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College Of course you will find out what a sterling fellow he is—under all that superficiality. The Wooden Horse This is a vast question and can be answered only briefly with the full consciousness that there is much lumping of dissimilar material with resulting injustices and superficiality. Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds Thus the frailty and superficiality of our own judgments cannot brook contradiction. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory Mankind has sound instincts, rooting in untold depths of fitness; and superfine persons, setting themselves against them, reveal their superficiality, their lack of normal intuition and sound judgment, while fancying themselves superior. Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life The weakness and superficiality of such a student, it is usually said, is due to excessive specialization, while in reality it is primarily due to wrong methods of teaching. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College Robin's education had been a continuous insistence on the importance of superficiality. The Wooden Horse The essay 'On some Hegelisms' doubtless needs an apology for the superficiality with which it treats a serious subject. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy Before the last fox sparrow goes, the hermit 77 thrush comes, and these birds, alike in certain superficialities, but so actually unrelated, for a time seek their food in the same grove. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year His manner suggested that they were moving together in a world where nothing could happen; a world of delightful and amicable superficialities. The Creators A Comedy Brevity and plainness of speech do not, however, necessarily imply superficiality, which, in truth, is not unfrequently veiled by a prolix parade of pompous technicalities. The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 In vain she knew the superficiality of this judgment. The Opened Shutters Against all such superficialities of exegesis alike our safeguard must be a broad common-sense induction. Montaigne and Shakspere She was struck with the superficiality of their childhood; they appeared to have no sense that she had been away and no care that she had been ill. A London Life and Other Tales Byron reflects upon his paradoxes and superficiality in Note II., infra. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 How much has been left unexplained, how many defects, how many harmful superficialities, and how many useless repetitions in this pamphlet, which I have thought over so long and so often revised! The Jewish State The familiar was not binding upon him, for his thought was emancipated from routine and superficiality. The Approach to Philosophy The leading trait of the negro is his instability, his superficiality. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science We must not forget the superficiality of thinking, the uncritical, loose, and flabby use of the reasoning power which shows itself in so many spheres of American mass life. Psychology and Social Sanity And back of all this superficiality lies the great superstitious dread by means of which the Church of Rome holds such authority. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia Heretofore, it seemed to her, her thought had always dwelt on the superficialities rather than the realities of life. The Snowshoe Trail The philosopher, in that he resolutely avoids all partiality, relativity, and superficiality, must affirm a complete, universal, and ultimate being as the very object of that perfect knowledge which he means to possess. The Approach to Philosophy It is still worse when to this superficiality is added a flippant manner that seems intent on nothing but a display of the critic's smartness. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism It is nothing but a superficiality if they instinctively take their stand on the side of those who spread broadcast the knowledge about sex. Psychology and Social Sanity That is all he knows about it, and it merely supplies us with another evidence of the superficiality of cynicism. Mushrooms on the Moor The superficialities with which she had dealt before were revealed in their true light. The Snowshoe Trail But he can talk with glib superficiality and imposing confidence about every conceivable subject, from a play or a picture to a sermon or a metaphysical essay. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin “She despised superficiality, and looked deeper than the color of things.” Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois In the more advanced studies, the examinations revealed a prevailing want of method and order, and much of that superficiality which must necessarily result from taking up such studies without disciplinary preparation. The Education of American Girls We repeat, in concluding, the same sentiment that we expressed at the commencement, that such a work as this goes far to redeem the literature of our age from the charge of frivolity and superficiality. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. Somehow or other he had a dim consciousness that men saw through him; that his cleverness did not conceal his superficiality, nor his easy manners blind men’s eyes to his ungenerous and selfish heart. Julian Home It is only youth that estimates happiness by superficialities. Janet of the Dunes Much of the present civilization leads the average man and woman to a superficiality and inner hastiness which undermines sound mental life much more than the external factors. Psychotherapy But if these fail to be developed, dishonesty or superficiality, slovenliness in dress and speech, and surliness in manner, may and do become equally habitual. Human Traits and their Social Significance It would seem as if they ought to have told their own miserable tale of superficiality and unfitness to the Colonial Secretary. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion "Not for school, but for life, we learn;" and our habits—of promptness, earnestness, and thoroughness, or of tardiness, fickleness, and superficiality—are the things acquired most readily and longest retained. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power His changes therefore indicate, not superficiality, but depth. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 Every society which allows successes to superficiality diminishes its chances for mental health. Psychotherapy Ease and versatility of suggestion not infrequently connote superficiality; to make profound and far-reaching suggestions takes time. Human Traits and their Social Significance "Not for school, but for life, we learn"; and our habits—of promptness, earnestness, and thoroughness, or of tardiness, fickleness, and superficiality—are the things acquired most readily and longest retained. Pushing to the Front The tinkle of the music appeared exquisitely tedious in its superficiality. Clayhanger Martin I know little of privately, but his portrait shows him to be a strong elemental nature, with little feeling for, or interest in, the superficialities either of life or of art. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets It always arouses discussion, and in doing so it has the great virtue that it imperiously leads the argument away from superficialities and centers it upon fundamentals. An Estimate of the Value and Influence of Works of Fiction in Modern Times We must not be deceived either by a vague and false idea of liberty or by the equally vicious ideal of militarism with its superficiality of social relations and its pedagogical simplicity. The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History The superficiality of the education of woman in general in Germany is not the fault of the Church, but of the fashion, of society, and also of lack of means in our families. Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day The strong daring man, therefore, has set all manner of Formulas and logical superficialities against him; has dared appeal to the genuine fact of this England, Whether it will support him or not? Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History There is a kind of superficiality and consequent dissatisfaction in the conspicuous aspiration toward the first flush, one may call it, of enthusiasm for impressionistic experience. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets It inclines to superficiality and is liable to degenerate into a mere detailed description of the person. Short Story Writing A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story This superficiality or at least externality of relations is the source of actual conflict. The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History It is precisely its many-sidedness to which is due the superficiality of the education of contemporary woman when compared with that of her sister of the Renaissance. Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day The same superficiality is found in nearly all kinds of business. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune She would surely have sent more words singing to their high places and have impressed the abundant output of the day with its superficiality by her seriousness. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets At the same time I am far from advocating flippancy or superficiality, for both are deadly sins in literature. Short Story Writing A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story And these things are merely the superficialities of her. The Triflers He went beyond the superficialities of popular classification, too, in clearly separating Cetacea from fishes. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology But as in this latter case, the superficiality and slightness of the work are deceptive. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature His enemies accused him of rashness, arrogance, and some superficiality, both of thought and knowledge. Historical and Political Essays Their danger is superficiality through trying to do too many things. Girls and Women But when other critics accused him of superficiality they were in error. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies The softness, the sweetness, the juvenile innocence of Danish romanticism found their happiest expression in him; but also the superficiality, the lack of steel in the will, the lyrical vagueness and irresponsibility. Essays on Scandinavian Literature I myself was assured that he allowed us to see him only with the most casual superficiality. The Dark Forest It is just this essential superficiality which makes the place of the music in the history of Russian art so ambiguous. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers It is well—as no one would be more likely to contend than myself, who have attempted the task—to demonstrate the contradictions, the superficiality, the inadequateness, of the teaching of Rousseau, Voltaire, or Diderot. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 8: France in the Eighteenth Century So beset, it is no wonder that the typical American maker of books becomes a timorous and ineffective fellow, whose work tends inevitably toward a feeble superficiality. A Book of Prefaces It is a monument of American extravagance and superficiality. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America The time of superficiality is gone by and the cycle of reality hath appeared. Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas A certain superficiality, vulgarity, and commonplaceness seems to have been forced upon him by the circumstances of his age, no less than by his special temperament. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Unfortunately the bustle of action invites superficiality of treatment: the end is attained by the use of bold splashes of colour rather than by accurate drawing. The Growth of English Drama The normal American novel, even in its most serious forms, takes colour from the national cocksureness and superficiality. A Book of Prefaces She would avoid meeting him intentionally, and if they met, she would bring the plane of conversation down again to the superficiality of mere tourist acquaintanceship—"meet to-day and part to-morrow." Swirling Waters A great superficiality in the conception of antiquity—little else than an appreciation of its formal accomplishments and its knowledge—must thereby have been brought about. We Philologists Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Volume 8 "Then you admit your own superficiality?" asked the School-master, somewhat surprised by the Idiot's command of syllables. Coffee and Repartee Faustus, on the other hand, with flippant superficiality laughs at the idea. The Growth of English Drama Your religion consists but in superstitions, in petty superficialities. Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors It is rather the vanity and superficiality of all logic, the needlessness of argument, the relativity of morals, the strength of time, the fertility of matter, the variety, the unspeakable variety, of possible life. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion You are a youth frivolous of speech, Thomas Langdon," said Colonel Leonidas Talbot gravely, "but I have always known that beneath this superficiality of manner was a brave and honest heart. The Tree of Appomattox The Art discussion of the greatest fountains of human feeling —love and anger—would react with advantage upon the very difficult psychology of these emotions, so long the sport of superficiality. Practical Essays The superficiality and glitter that are the bane of modern methods of education in our country have not spared sanctuary ordinances and family religion. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) Now the three trifles required are distorted taste, hypocritical feeling, and a depraved ear, combined with the necessary superficiality and some power of production. Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances But under these superficialities he could only guess, after all, what the essential woman of her was now. Burned Bridges They find it very hard to waste the days in superficialities. The Girl and Her Religion Certainly he laughed as heartily and his jovial face had taken a ruddier tint, but there was a superficiality in his exuberant cheerfulness which told that it was not well rooted below the surface. The Voice of the People He gave vent to strictures upon superficiality of character, modern love of excitement, and that silly egotism that, causing people to throw off rightful authority, leaves them an easy prey to false teachers. What Necessity Knows I beat in vain against the solid walls of obstinate prejudice and superficiality. Combed Out If you ever listened to the reading of an original prayer you must have felt its superficiality. The Art of Public Speaking His talent is thoroughly Italian, untouched by German influence, and he excels in portraying the gay superficiality of the Italian character without attempting to dive far below the surface. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. It is all very pretty and picturesque, but shallow; brilliant superficiality. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century Slaves of their own time and circumstance, men live out their lives in superficiality and isolation. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Where I have used documents it was with a desire to escape the charge of superficiality. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens He saw Reform Judaism of Western Europe which had retained nothing of Jewish culture except the modernized superficialities of the synagogue. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) It is an age of superficiality—and cramming: we see these evils all the way from the college man down. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers The medical men recognized the disproportion between the exactitude of their anatomical, physiological, and pathological observation and the superficiality of their self-made psychology. Psychology and Industrial Efficiency She had done her hair, and she was, so far as I could judge from superficialities, completely dressed. The Jervaise Comedy The important thing is that their metaphysic and psychology were calculated, notwithstanding all their superficialities, to inspire an energetic social spirit, because they were pregnant with humanistic sentiment. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) Hence possibly what seemed to me a superficiality and factitiousness in the excitement of the more expensive seats, and a too-rapid effervescence and finish of the excitement when the game was over. Your United States Impressions of a first visit His weakness, his superficiality, had been dominated by the wife who, having accepted her lot, carried her burden proudly to the end! The Man Thou Gavest I have found that just this race psychological diagnosis is frequently made in factories with great superficiality. Psychology and Industrial Efficiency With all his faults, his poses, his superficialities, his secrecies, his egotisms, I never dreamed of him as aught but a loyal and honourable gentleman. Jaffery Diderot's article on the Germans is an excellent illustration of this wholesome predominance of the scientific spirit over the superficialities of barren erudition. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) Such considerations must appear to these pedants to be characterized by a ridiculous vulgarity and a dilettante superficiality. Tragic Sense Of Life So direct was the request, so apparently natural to the old man’s unguarded suffering, that it drove superficialities before it and merely confirmed Greyson in his determination to save Nella-Rose’s reputation at any cost. The Man Thou Gavest The accusation of superficiality has been already glanced at: and it is pretty certain that it argues more superficiality, of a much more hopeless kind, in those who make it. The English Novel The mixture of optimism, conservatism, and superficiality, which has until recently characterized their political point of view, has made them almost blind to the true lessons of their own national experience. The Promise of American Life Even in the three critical dialogues that Diderot added to the play, Lessing cannot help discerning the mixture of superficiality with an almost pompous pretension. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) But the problem of life is for Eucken the one problem—he seeks to find the reality beneath the superficialities of human existence, and he has little to say concerning the world of matter. Rudolph Eucken : a philosophy of life It was during these prowling nights in the first winter of the war that Mr. Britling planned a new writing that was to go whole abysses beneath the facile superficiality of "And Now War Ends." Mr. Britling Sees It Through The practical doctor and the nature healer on the one hand tend towards an understandable disparagement of medical science and analysis and, on the other hand, tend towards superficiality. Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado By so doing they began that career of intellectual lethargy, superficiality, and insincerity which ever since has been characteristic of official American political thought. The Promise of American Life It was that cheerful superficiality of Paris that can so delightfully mirror one's mood when the heart is light—that can ring so sadly hollow when the soul is sick. Max The sorrows of humanity weighed heavily upon his heart, and the superficialities of the wealthy and ostentatious court in which he lived, irked his outspoken and truth-loving spirit. Cosmic Consciousness Who can so far confide in his memory as to append his name to a list of authorities without seeming to prove his own superficiality? Notes and Queries, Number 04, November 24, 1849 The superficiality of the opponents of science is, however, as unhappy an affair as the pride of the so-called scientists, but the one group should not demean the other. Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado And yet we continually hear persons accused of “superficiality” who purposely and knowingly acquire some slight degree of knowledge of a subject instead of a higher degree. A Librarian's Open Shelf His lack of self-control and at times his Italian superficiality, never backed by a commanding intellect, produced the Monticelli we know. Promenades of an Impressionist It was so unlike the superficiality and levity of the modern girl—that hateful Girl of the Period, in whose existence he believed, and of whose influence he stood in almost superstitious awe. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 She talked on lightly enough, but all the time with that slight suggestion of superficiality which is a sign of strain. The Great Prince Shan But we meet already the facile and complacent expression of young married people, "Now we have our four children and so have fulfilled our obligations"—What superficiality! Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado The results may be summed up in one word—superficiality. A Librarian's Open Shelf He seemed merely to have borrowed the old gentleman's diplomatic manner of speaking in order to show his own superficiality and emptiness. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig Some of them have therefore earned and achieved distinction, but these are exceptions, for in general they are characterized by volatility and superficiality. The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon The vices and abuses, the follies and absurdities, the hypocrisies and superficialities of civilized life, these were the game for his faculties. Essays Æsthetical Your laments over the general shallowness, thoughtlessness, and superficiality, over self-conceit and inexhaustible babble, over the contempt for seriousness and profundity in all classes, may be true, even as they actually are. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English And where was the ancient sagacity which surely should have prevented her from being deceived by the superficialities of an Oswald Morfey? Mr. Prohack Can you give any example of superficiality or inaccuracy which has resulted from divided attention, upon the part of any member of one of your classes? How to Teach The consequences are superficiality—a veneer of knowledge—and the loss of individuality. Canada under British Rule 1760-1900 Paris is essentially a holiday town, but I get horribly tired of too long a holiday, and after the newness is worn off one discovers that it is the superficiality of it all that palls. As Seen By Me Here, convinced of the showy superficiality of Anselm, he once more got into difficulty, by undertaking to expound a chapter of Ezekiel without having studied it under any teacher. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Such views belong to the uneducated crudity and superficiality of naïve thinking. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Versatility does not necessarily mean superficiality; we may know much of many things, and more of one thing. The Story of the Herschels Much of the daily literature of Canadians—indeed the chief literary aliment of large numbers—is the newspaper press, which illustrates necessarily the haste, pressure and superficiality of writings of that ephemeral class. Canada under British Rule 1760-1900 What is to become of us, thus placed between the devil of mob ignorance and corruption, and the deep sea of genteel listlessness and superficiality? Studies in Literature Such superficiality was not his aim or end. Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. The extreme fault of the one is flippant superficiality, that of the other is what is called sickly sentimentality. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy These frescoes have a richness of effect and a vivacity of natural action, which, in spite of their superficiality, render them highly charming. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts All superficialities and superfluities were gone, and only the basic stuff of life remained,—the cave, the fire, the man who fought the beast in the light of the ancient moon. The Sky Line of Spruce He always insists upon thoroughness of subject, of means, and of treatment, and is therefore very hostile toward French superficiality. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes And, having premised this much, it is possible to take up the problem of the peace of 1917 or 1918, or whenever it is to be, with some sense of its limitations and superficiality. What is Coming? Two English writers have hastily compiled her annals during certain epochs; but while they are equally chargeable with superficiality, the manner in which the work is done is by no means similar. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 The definition of his poetry is a pleasing superficiality. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits His consideration was half composed of tenderness for superficialities which he was sure their perpetrator judged privately, judged more ferociously than any one, and which represented some tragic intellectual secret. The Lesson of the Master For the superficiality of the earth is parted in seven parts for the seven planets, and those parts be clept climates. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville He said the curse of the age and the country was superficiality. Hermione's Group of Thinkers In spite of the sufferings which she endured, there is a curious flavor of superficiality about her genius. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature Like dead scales the superficialities, the falsities, the habits that had once meant all of life dropped off, useless things in this stern waste of rock and sand. Desert Gold With smiling ease, apologetically, Weeks tore to pieces all that Hayward had said; with elaborate civility he displayed the superficiality of his attainments. Of Human Bondage Carrie was an apt student of fortune's ways—of fortune's superficialities. Sister Carrie: a Novel It may perhaps more reasonably be sought in the haste and superficiality which our present phase of urbanisation fosters, and only the most robust genius can adequately withstand. Essays in War-Time Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene To ascribe religious value to mere happy-go-lucky contentment with one's brief chance at natural good is but the very consecration of forgetfulness and superficiality. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature A work of science of more or less superficiality, and without the necessary proofs and control, filled its place. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic What is at fault is the philosophic superficiality of France, which she owes to her fatal notion of religion, itself due to a life fashioned by Catholicism and by absolute monarchy. Amiel's Journal Altogether, Honor Edgeworth, had nothing of the superficialities, which characterize the majority of Ottawa young ladies, who have the "splendid advantages," and "glorious times" that she enjoyed. Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense But what charm and grace there is in its superficiality! Modern Painting At present I resign myself to lying passive under the reproach of superficiality. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature But all this self-conscious skill, this ingenious affectation, this ostentatious muscularity, this immense superficiality—I feel always now a spiritual vacuity behind it which leaves me cold and critical. Impressions and Comments Rita was apparent 20 or so, but she radiated a maturity and a fiery devotion to the Park that threw her daughter’s superficiality into sharp relief. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom The very slightness and superficiality of their religion made their confession easy and swift, and neither the one nor the other went deep enough to be lasting. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII He alluded rather to the superficiality and want of interest with which such important questions as justification by faith, and the sinfulness attaching even to the best works of man, were passed over or evaded. Life of Luther Cards was leaving at the end of this second year—had he stayed until the end of the third his superficialities would have been most severely tested. Fortitude Mr. Dubnow's scientific activity, first and last, is a striking refutation of the widespread opinion that identifies attractiveness of form in the work of a scholar with superficiality of content. Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history Longmore was not by habit an aggressive apologist for the seat of his origin, but the Count's easy diagnosis confirmed his worst estimate of French superficiality. Madame De Mauves There is no excuse for superficiality in science. The Law-Breakers and Other Stories The exhibition you're making," she seriously sighed at last, "of your inconstancy and superficiality! The Awkward Age Ah! that harsh voice, that arrogant style, that saucy superficiality which decided on everything, that insolent ignorance that contradicted everybody; it was impossible to mistake them! Coningsby Behind the superficialities of Mr. Polly’s being, moved a larger and vaguer distress. The History of Mr. Polly There was a strong tendency to moralizing, which also was not altogether free from conventionality and superficiality. A History of English Literature This conception of him will indefinitely simplify the study of his nature if it is made in the spirit of the frank superficiality which I propose to myself. Seven English Cities It is a very unfortunate thing—indicating superficiality of thought—that the modern popular notion of 'holiness' identifies it with purity, righteousness, moral perfection. Expositions of Holy Scripture If this principle on the part of mothers in America in providing for their children were confined to such superficialities as their clothing, no appreciable harm—or good—would come of it. The American Child The superficiality, the one-sidedness the inaccuracy and often even dishonesty that have crept into modern journalism, continuously mislead honest men who want to see nothing but justice done. Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation It is said that he read books faster than other people skimmed them, and skimmed them as fast as any one else could turn the leaves, this, however, without superficiality. A History of English Literature I think there is too much superficiality in the education of the young in this country, especially in the education of young girls. From Wealth to Poverty Haeckel has never shared their errors, nor encouraged their superficiality. The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 To him men present themselves individualised, and if they classify it is by some skin-deep accident of tint, some trick of the tongue, or habit of gesture, or such-like superficiality. A Modern Utopia The only value of authority is to counteract laziness and superficiality of appreciation; to stimulate those who would rest content with first impressions to a more studious and attentive examination. The Principles of Aesthetics In the presentation of the characters there is often much of the same superficiality as in the poems, but there is much also of the highest skill. A History of English Literature He steadily progressed: but he was ever true, beautiful and pure, and freer than any other master from superficiality and mannerism. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists If he ventures to employ two languages for his thought, to pour his energy into two channels, the awful judgment of superficiality falls on him like a decree of fate. Essays on Work and Culture A Utopia that deals only with appliances and arrangements is a dream of superficialities; the essential problem here, the body within these garments, is a moral and an intellectual problem. A Modern Utopia Therefore it will be necessary to add something here as a protection against this delusion and to exhibit empiricism in its naked superficiality. The Critique of Practical Reason To degrade the holy hump, with which a friendly destiny has endowed me, through which I have experienced existence much more deeply, more unhappily, more wonderfully, than people perceive, to a burdensome superficiality. The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein Is not everything one sees merely a complex of inharmonious bombast, aped gesticulations, arrogant superficiality?—a ragged suit of motley for the naked and the shivering? Thoughts out of Season Part I As is the case with all such works, which are in reality always hampered by the superficiality of the dilettante, much should have been altered and rewritten for stage effect. My Life — Volume 2 It has a shallow ring, a brilliant superficiality that warrants Niecks in stamping it as a possible compilation. Chopin : the Man and His Music The two little still-lifes wedged in between the larger portraits are exquisite in every way, and make up for a lot of superficialities found in this section. The Galleries of the Exposition I fancied myself standing before an abyss of superficiality, a veritable void. On Conducting (Üeber Das Dirigiren) : a Treatise on Style in the Execution of Classical Music, A great help in gaining freedom from moods is to realize clearly their superficiality. As a Matter of Course Unhappily, their followers, with their hopeless superficiality, flung medieval guilds and State interference into the same sack, making no distinction between a Versailles edict and a guild ordinance. Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution Still there was a perplexing contrast between the superficiality of Crescenti's moral judgments and the breadth and penetration of his historic conceptions. The Valley of Decision The rest of the things are ridiculous in their riotous superficiality. The Galleries of the Exposition But, alas! after an hour of touch-and-go, of superficiality and soft delight, the desultory charmer fell on a subject he had studied. A Woman-Hater With all its superficiality, it is enough to impede the way to the clear, nervous strength which is certainly our inheritance. As a Matter of Course That was Bo's blunt and characteristic way of advising the elimination of Helen's superficialities. The Man of the Forest The characteristic of his work is geniality combined with a true affection for his subject, but no scholar can ignore its painful superficiality. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 The sound revolt against superficiality of study had been carried to an extreme; thoroughness in minutiae as the only end of study had been erected into a fetish. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Indeed, the superficiality of the mathematical exercises as a whole awakened within him a feeling of pain which he could not explain. The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies Those who are subject to bad moods are equally subject to good ones, and the superficiality of the happier modes is just as much to be recognized as that of the wretched ones. As a Matter of Course The conventionalist would seek it in moral obliquity; the radical, in a temperament that is irked by the superficialities that comprise so large a part of conventional standards. Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground I have always suspected Agassiz of superficiality and wretched reasoning powers; but I think such men do immense good in their way. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 "The narrowness and superficiality of the Anglo-Saxon tourist is nothing less than a menace." A Room with a View He confused superficiality with profundity, and entangled appearance with reality until he accounted them one. When God Laughs: and other stories He'd done as well as he could with confusion and outrage, but it was hardly possible to hide behind superficialities. The Lani People I found that while among them there was a large element of substantial, worthy citizens, there was also a superficiality about the life of a large class that greatly alarmed me. Up from Slavery: an autobiography In this form it was a distress to Brooksmith, whose attention now wandered from it altogether: he had so much closer a vision of his master's intimate conditions than our superficialities represented. Some Short Stories [by Henry James] He should have been aware, however, that in southerners, with all their superficiality and effusion, there is no blindness, no enthusiasm, so complete as to remain insensible before the wisdom of reflection. The Nabob The inevitable superficiality of the rabble is contrasted with the peaceful and profound depths of the anchorite. Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none |
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