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...then be utterly mystified when the great La Tour is found stabbed to death; when a young man in a raccoon coat turns up under a collapsible couch; when two deformed characters, one of them only able to speak with his fingers, crawl through a window and try to drag off La Tour's corpse, which falls into a subterranean chamber full of canvas ghosts; and when a police sergeant solves the not particularly pressing problem of who killed La Tour, by permitting Azrah to hold a spurious seance. All this will build up suspense for the beginning...
...House of Morgan large influence in the power field but by no means control. Partner Whitney: "It has not always been J. P. Morgan & Co.'s policies that have been adopted by a long shot. I don't mean that there was a knock-down and drag-out fight but we often defer to the operating heads in matters of policy...
...incoming Freshmen who have distinguished themselves on preparatory school platforms. But the polar atmosphere of Harvard's Speaking and Debating Departments all too quickly chills this enthusiasm. The Sophomore year finds the fifty reduced to a paltry five or six, who with small heart and slight interest drag out a desultory three years of "Harvard College Debating...
...with a party of friends, he skips merrily along, not a thought in his head. Like an intellectual kitten, he likens himself to Rousseau; for a moment he toys with the idea of completing this marvelous day by inviting his soul in a boat, but his more mundane friends, drag him off on their worldly course. The Easter afternoon blurs and shimmers in a quintessential furor of sheer delight. The Vagabond realizes that Nirvana is near. The day wears away; the sun is setting in a receptive, motherly, western glow; in a culminative ecstasy of bliss, the Vagabond sits...
...case of Chicago is by no means a singular one. Even before the economic to system lapsed into stagnancy there was enough evidence in large municipalities to condemn the ugly hegemony of politics over education. Local politics have only proved themselves a serious drag on the American educational system, and there is every reason to believe that a nationalization of education would effect the necessary financial regulation. Further, a single controlling department would provide uniformity of education and effectively stamp out remaining evidences of American illiteracy. To force a change, however, would require, first, the marshalling of a dormant public...