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...Kansas. Said the newspaper blurb: "That Whispering About Woodrow Wilson's Love Affairs," etc. Juxtaposed with the eminently responsible name of the editor of the Emporia Gazette, this blurb was irresistible. Yet in Editor White's article, "that whispering about Woodrow Wilson's love affairs" constituted an entirely secondary element of interest, and reference to it occupied scarcely an eighth of the article. Friends of Editor White were irritated to think that the publishers of Liberty had thus misrepresented him, since his purpose in mentioning "that whispering" was rather to squelch it than, as the blurb sought, to bring...
...cheap and plentiful gold is not very likely to come in the near future, even if the element is actually artificially made. The cost of the gold which Professor Miethe claims to have produced, if he actually produced it, would be many times the value of the substance at the present time...
According to the present chemical conception, all elements are made up in this way?of electrons. On the number of electrons depends the properties of each element. In other words, all the elements are a sort of series, growing more complicated as the number of electrons, and hence the complexity of the atom, increases. Remove one electron at a time?if you could?and you would successively change an elementary substance from one element to another. In the case of the more complex elements?of the radium type, for example?there is a natural tendency to break down into simpler...
...wish to have Bostonlans misunderstand my attitude, but I will say this. If there is an artistic element in Boston, if there is a drama-loving element, and by this I mean lovers of the higher forms of drama and not musical comedy fiends, this element certainly does not take the trouble to go to the theatre in anywhere near as large numbers as do the people of other cities. Perhaps the joke is on me, but I must say that whenever I have played before Bostonians I have found them the most unresponsive of audiences. Why this...
...plenty at Harvard, too; they come prepared to give their best, and, finding it often unwanted, draw within their shells and seek to protect themselves with the same indifference which they despise. Averse to the charge of "sour grapes," they say nothing, and so remain a silent, unorganized, unhappy element in Harvard life...