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...good Catholics and good atheists: not by a man with a religion of his own. Shelley's didactiveness compares unfavorably with Dante's for that reason. Dante assumes that we accept the scheme of the Catholic Church; Shelley tries to convince us of the scheme itself. The poet cannot afford to teach; he is quite at liberty to expound ideas, so long as they aren't his own ideas, for then there is a chance that he will make poetry...
...economically minded, a still greater benefit accrues to a House because of the residence therein of graduates. Most of these men occupy higher priced rooms, and thus enable the House to dispose of some of those suites which would otherwise remain vacant, for the fact that a man can afford to continue his studies is usually indicative of his being able to pay well for his accommodations. It is doubtful whether the larger Freshman class would be able to use the higher priced rooms...
...Liberian Government cannot disregard this snub which it regards as an insult. It cannot find it possible to continue to afford Minister Mitchell the courtesy, official or unofficial, which he hitherto has enjoyed. Will the French Government convey this message to Washington...
...best sellers to his credit: Main Street (1920), Elmer Gantry (1927). Last week the New York Public Library said it would need more than 40 copies of his newly published Ann Vickers (TIME, Jan. 30) if it wished to satisfy public demand. Since the Library is unable to afford the expenditure, it will not stock Ann Vickers at all until next year, then one copy...
...uniforms were bought second hand from the U. S. Government," said he. "They were bought so cheap that the U. S. Government could not afford to cut off the buttons. "It was agreed that the Bolivian Government should cut them off. Someone may have forgotten...