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...tall, husky, with massive head and shoulders. He starred in the line of the football eleven, edited the college paper, won the oratorical contests. There is a tradition that his scholastic standing was second only to that of Aaron Burr in the history of the college. He prepared for the ministry, but would not become ordained because he felt that priesthood would limit his influence.* Almost at once he stepped into a world business - Foreign Missions. Most of his life has been spent as one of the two or three executives of Presbyterian Foreign Missions. His business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Robert E. Speer | 3/3/1924 | See Source »

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