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...avoid misquotation, President Coolidge cables his foreign affairs speeches in advance to American embassies, for U. S. diplomats to peruse and distribute to the foreign press. To Paris thus went the Coolidge farewell speech, in which was some careful research on foreign alliances. "He [Washington] warned us to beware of permanent and political alliances," said President Coolidge. "The phrase 'entangling alliances' is not from him but from Jefferson." Taking his cue almost verbatim, Ambassador Herrick said: "Washington did not use the phrase 'entangling alliances' but warned against permanent alliances." This was no mere echo, for Mr. Herrick, in Paris, said...
...What is the relationship between a sense of social solidarity and the Christian religion? If they could feel the drawing force would they not be better able to carry on their work buoyed up by the feeling of being part of a greater whole, and sustained by this knowledge, avoid the periods of depression...
...particularly fortunate that the Fogg Art Museum is the recipient of this fund for it has found increasing difficulty in meeting overhead expenses. This sum, large as it may seem, is not sufficient to cover all the expenses which the museum must handle each year, and in order to avoid any possible curtailment of its activities the endowment must receive substantial augmentation...
...dilemma on the Negro question is reminiscent of the mighty conflict within the Methodist Episcopal Church on the same issue and its historic split in 1844-45.* Mr. Hoover's longing is to avoid an analogous schism in his party...
...good ship Coolidge is approaching its final port. Soon there will be a general debarkation of officeholders, a great sifting of and searching for new berths. Wise political mariners quit their vessel just before she docks and thus avoid the gangplank congestion around March...