The articles on Free Trade and Protection in the daily papers have hitherto been regarded as the climax of all that utterly wearies the long-suffering human soul; but I tell you, as a candid friend, that they are but little more depressing and jading to the vital powers than your unceasing mention of life-insurance.

Lucas lost his head and lost his temper, and in doing so lost all control of his charge; and at last things were brought to a climax in the manner we are about to describe.

The annexation of the world's championship in a record breaking world's series with the New York Giants was a fitting climax to their season's achievement.

These base insinuations led to frequent exchanges of taunts and uncomplimentary remarks; and, last of all, matters were brought to a climax by a stand-up fight between Tom Mason, Acton's predecessor as dux, and young Noaks.

And so ended the adventure of the fifty hostages, who went out to be shot atthe end of the comedy, which had its climax at the beginning.

As might be expected, it straggles, and overlays its climax with a too-lavish abundance of incidents; it lacks the harmony of values which results from the introduction of a unifying purposei.e., of art.

He sketched this in excellent English, adding: "A magnificent climax for Christian civilzation, eh!

Such were the conditions and the possibilities when the German advance reached its climax on September 4.

The chant swelled out in volume to a dramatic climax as a puff of smoke burst forth beneath the point of the whirling drill.

No one now despises an unselfish woman simply because she prefers to remain single; but formerly old maids were looked on nearly everywhere with a contempt that reached its climax among the Southern Slavs, who, according to Krauss (Ploss, II., 491), treated them no better than mangy dogs.