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...exchanged, after long experience, to the university sphere, set forth these views in a conversation with a representative of The Christian Science Monitor during which he commented upon the recent expression, made in Nebraska, of a University graduate who asserted that his university had failed him by providing a background of idealism when he needed a concept of realism; by turning him out, in company with 1000 other young men and women, without practical advice, with minds trained in methods of study, crammed full of history, philosophy, and theory, but absolutely untrained to meet the problems of life. This with...
...abduction of Leo XIII,* surrounds the conception with an authentic verisimilitude that makes the act itself unnecessary and thus preys upon the wealthy religious, whose money is lavishly devoted to the liberation of the Pope from the Castle of St. Angelo, his restoration to the throne. This is the background. There are few characters. These, saints and sinners alike, register their reactions with rational fidelity except in the crises of the narrative. Precisely when they need to be most convincing they become incredible. One only, Protos, mastermind of the plot, arch-rogue and conspirator, reveals through all his many disguises...
...book reflects as does nothing of which I know, the wide range of Coleridge's interests. It gives, moreover, the background of a poet's mind in that it furnishes invaluable clues to the raw materials which were transmitted into poetry...
...less than a million dollars to his name can well afford to own a yacht. So far there are three men out for election as Senator in Pennsylvania next fall. Every one of them could afford a yacht. In the background are four or five more men potent in Pennsylvania politics. They, too, could have yachts. Pennsylvania has rich leaders...
Pennsylvania is a Republican state−just as solid as the Democratic solid South. Hence all these men are Republicans. In the background who are the powers? There is Andrew Mellon (he could have a whole fleet of yachts). There is also his nephew, William L. Mellon. There is Ralph Beaver Strassburger (he married into the Singer Sewing Machine family). There is J. R. Grundy, President of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association. There is also in the background (so far as this year's Senatorial contest is concerned) Senator David Aiken Reed, also worth a few millions. But the three candidates...