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In 1921 he was stricken with infantile paralysis, which rendered his legs almost useless. As a result, he was forced to give up his vocation of fire insurance inspector, and so turned his attention to various Asiatic languages. He now has a reading knowledge of Sanskrit, Hindustani, Persian, Hebraic, and...
The most extraordinary quality of Seven Pillars of Wisdom is that, almost alone among modern War books, it invests warfare with a degree of glamour and heroism. Nor is this quality purchased by avoiding the gruesome butcheries, stench, gore and decay characteristic of battlefields. The glamour of Seven Pillars of...
In Addis Ababa two Sundays ago the Abuna, "Father of Peace" to the Coptic Christians of Ethiopia, donned a black cassock, long cape and purple cap. As nominal head of the Church, Emperor Haile Selassie arose early, stepped into his automobile which took him up a hill to the octagonal...
Finally Haile Selassie moved to the west side of the Cathedral, his wife to the south, the bearded Abuna to the east, the Etchagué (assistant) to the north. Before four ikons they prayed aloud for world peace. Then the Abuna prayed God in Arabic to "break arms and quench...
Just as the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America has its Negro counterpart in the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of North and South America and its Jurisdictions, so the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks has its...