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Diary entry for 1911-10-25
... , 22,000 small tablets from Ninevah and Aswan still await their decipherment. How very strictly does Nemesis discharge her duties! Mankind ‒ who until however many centuries ago showed no interest in deciphering them accurately ‒ will now face even ...
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Diary entry for 1920-12-31
... resolution of the dissonance as a triumph of strict composition,ask for visit at 9:30. To Vrieslander (letter): express happiness over political allusions: it is up to the musician to move foreword; give notice of books, report on Hertzka's application and ...
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Diary entry for 1925-01-31
... . Brünauer (postcard): I ask him to stick strictly to his lesson time of 6:30 to 7:30 and remind him of his solemn agreement. To Dr. Weisse (postcard): I ask how many subscribers have really paid the money. I accompany Lie-Liechen shopping. I dictate a letter ...
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Diary entry for 1926-08-19
... langhallendem Donner. 19. fair weather. Very strict fast day! After teatime, from 4 to 5:45 along the Wirlweg, in a cool wind; Lie-Liechen sees a ring-snake; on the way back we speak with the parish priest's mother, who is sitting at her spinning wheel; she is ...
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Diary entry for 1930-03-26
... intelligent to enjoy life, even when rather strict demands are placed on it; whether she will maintain and justify these demands, only time will tell. ...
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Diary entry for 1917-07-20
... to the Tyrol; in Ostrava there have been pillages; but as a result of complete strictness, peace has been restored and the strikers have been forced back to work. Salo has, after all, been permitted to go to Karlsbad; at the moment she is unable to ...
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Diary entry for 1906-12-12
... time strict, inflexible, but not without now and again coming close to what it should be. But the middle movement proves unsuccessful, primarily through neglect of the inner (or arpeggiating voices (left hand), which leads to impoverishment of the ...
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Diary entry for 1915-05-04
... concisely expressed, strictly objective points, and is signed "Respectfully," by which the proper response has been given to the director's impudent letter. Two extra editions: the first reports progress in Flanders, the second further successes in western ...
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Diary entry for 1926-11-06
... particular he wanted some enlightenment about the connection between free and strict counterpoint. For his wife, he would like piano lessons. I evade these wishes; with regard to Mr. Kilpinen, I refer him to the fact that Der freie Satz will soon be published ...
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Diary entry for 1912-12-24
... the afternoon. No present from Elias. Letter from my sister. Letter to the attorney, who will be led to fulfill his duties better if he is treated with strictness! Researchers seek to determine the age of the earth according to its geological layers ...