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Thus, before he is thorough, this charming old villain may very well persuade the Protestant Episcopal Church to abandon heresy-trials, to protect itself from the uncongenial members by divorcing them from the Church on the much simpler grounds of incompatibility. So wisdom will be justified of its eccentric children...
...voices were not silent. A Unamuno letter was recently sent to the press, accompanied by a hot letter from Judge Peter J. Hamilton of Porto Rico. Don Unamuno's letter, in part: "I have been exiled here, having-been given twenty-four hours to abandon my house, without judicial writ, not even of a military judge ; without any proceeding and without telling...
...price you put on them, however ... is entirely too high. You offer me a chance to be the Democratic nominee for the Presidency, which carries with it, in this year of grace, more than a fair prospect of becoming President of the United States. In exchange, I am to abandon forthwith and immediately a law practice which is both pleasant and, within modest bounds, profitable, to throw over honorable clients who offer me honest employment, and to desert a group of professional colleagues who are able, upright, and loyal...
...England: "At Aldershot, I left the parade grounds on my charger after reviewing the troops. The horse became frightened at the cheering crowds. He bucked and nearly collided with a horse ridden by the aged Duke of Connaught alongside the Queen's carriage, and I was forced to abandon the procession and to turn him back and ride him home along a quiet route. Said the newspapers: 'The incident recalls the time the King was thrown from his horse in France during the war and was painfully injured.'" William McFee, famed British author: "In a Commencement address...
...Hearst correspondent: "Nepal crowd hear Everest peak reached May 16. Bruce cannot confirm." The principality of Nepal in the Himalayas adjoins Mt. Everest on the east. General Bruce, the original commander of the expedition, has been at Darjeeling convalescing from the attack of malaria which compelled him to abandon the trek...