Debate is not likely to resolve the tensions and make the lot of the stepchild a happier one.

A need so deeply planted, asking for direction, so to speak, is likely to be gratified by the vivid examples and heroic proportions of literature.

One might argue that the ultimate purpose of literary scholarship is to correct this spontaneous provincialism that is likely to obscure the horizons of the general public, of the newspaper critic, and of the creative artist himself.

It has been a long time since he has seen any campaign money, and when the proposition is laid down to him as the friends of Mr. Hearst are laying it down these days he is quite likely to get aboard the Hearst bandwagon ''.

If only for this modest masterpiece of military history, Blenheim is likely to be read and reread long after newer interpretations have perhaps altered our picture of the Marlborough wars.

In his study Samuel Johnson, Joseph Wood Krutch takes this line when he says that what Aristotle really means by his theory of catharsis is that our evil passions may be so purged by the dramatic ritual that it is `` less likely that we shall indulge them through our own acts ''.

Even in such technical curricula as engineering, the senior is much more likely than the freshman to choose, as an ideal, liberal education over specific vocational preparation.

This finding is consistent also with the fact that student leaders are more likely to be supporters of the values implicit in civil liberties than the other students.

Only when a concert of nations rests on the positive foundations of shared goals and values is it likely to form a viable instrument of long-range policy.

For the sad truth is that while one might write well without having read Bartleby The Scrivener, one is more likely, to write well if one has `` read it, and much else.

If the would-be joiner asks these questions he is not likely to be duped by extremists who are seeking to capitalize on the confusions and the patriotic apprehensions of Americans in a troubled time.

Prince Sihanouk's powers of prognostication some day may be confirmed but history is not likely to praise the courage of his convictions.

Gen. Taylor will report to President Kennedy in a few days on the results of his visit to South Viet Nam and, judging from some of his remarks to reporters in the Far East, he is likely to urge a more efficient mobilization of Vietnamese military, economic, political and other resources.

Nothing that is likely to happen, however, should prompt the sending of United States soldiers for other than instructional missions.

Gen. Taylor, the President's special military adviser, is a level-headed officer who is not likely to succumb to propaganda or pressure.

When different colors are used, she is just as likely to color trees purple, hair green, etc..

The latter is likely to occur when the thyroid is removed.

So, while we properly inveigh against the new poisoning, history is not likely to justify the pose of righteousness which some in the West were so quick to assume when Mr. Khrushchev made his cynical and irresponsible threat.

Red China is trying to do this, and she is not likely ever to succeed.

Giovanni Bernini's `` Fountain of the Rivers '', in the center of the piazza, is built around a Roman obelisk from the Circus of Maxentius which rests on grottoes and rocks, with four huge figures, one at each corner, denoting four great rivers from different continents -- the Danube, the Ganges, the Nile, and the Plate.

* 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum at Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge.

* 306 – Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor.

Maxentius ' body is fished out of the Tiber and beheaded.

* Constantine the Great, from the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, Rome, is started to be made.

Maxentius ' body is fished out of the Tiber and decapitated.

* Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine ( Basilica Nova ), Rome, is finished.

* Constantine the Great, from the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, Rome, is finished.

* October 28 – Maxentius, son of the former Western Emperor Maximian, joins a revolt by the Praetorian Guard in Rome, and is proclaimed Emperor.

* Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine ( Basilica Nova ), Rome, is started to be built.

* November 11 – The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Maxentius a public enemy and Licinius is proclaimed Augustus, while rival contender Constantine I is declared Caesar of Britain and Gaul.

* Domitius Alexander is acclaimed emperor ( against Maxentius ) in Carthage, the African provinces come under his rule.

* The Basilica of Maxentius is constructed, the largest building in the Roman Forum.

After Emperor Galerius unsuccessfully invades Italy to suppress Maxentius, he is executed ( or forced to commit suicide ).

* July 25 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum at Rome to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge.

Maxentius was among the dead, having drowned in the river while trying to swim across it in a desperate bid to escape or, alternatively, he is described as having been thrown by his horse into the river.

Probably the most splendid Roman basilica ( see below ) is the one begun for traditional purposes during the reign of the pagan emperor Maxentius and finished by Constantine I after 313 AD.

Maxentius ' exact date of birth is unknown ; it was probably around 278.

It was expected that Maxentius would try the same strategy as against Severus and Galerius earlier ; that is, remaining in the well-defended city of Rome, and sit out a siege which would cost his enemy much more.

Of the battle itself, not much is known – Constantine's forces defeated Maxentius's troops, who retreated to the Tiber, and in the chaos of the fleeing army trying to cross the river, Maxentius fell into the water and drowned.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, also known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine ( Greek ) is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the pagan emperor Maxentius.

Even for the " Scythian monk " Joannes Maxentius, friend and companion of Dionysius, the two monks are " Scythian " by virtue of their geographical origin relative to Rome, just like Faustus of Riez is a " Gaul ".

The name is traditionally connected to castrum Maxentiae, meaning " castle of Maxentius ".