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...neither by nature solitary-minded nor by education completely convinced of the ultimate verities, then there is hope. There is no sacrifice of traditional method needed. We need not try our land at cleverness. But there is something to be said for experiment, even if trial be followed by error, and there is always the chance. Philosophy has now become as popular as word-puzzles, and philosophy used to be considered academic...
...William Johnston was champion in 1915 and 1919. Also, the article had me speak twice of an English player, named Mrs. McKane. No such character exists. One would not think that Collier's with the third largest circulation among U. S. national weeklies, would make such a stupid error...
Sirs: Possibly, Grandson Ulysses (TIME, Aug. 9, POLITICAL NOTES, p. 10) may be in error in believing that the General was christened Hiram Ulysses. I have in my possession two signatures- one written just after the unwilling cadet had been received at West Point-"U. H. Grant, Georgetown, Ohio"; the other, not long after graduation-"U. H. Grant, 4' Inf." Evidently, Grandson has the names reversed. CHARLES PLATT...
...industry. I was rather offended when you dismissed it with a snicker-"shoe-polish." You might almost as well call the packing industry the "pigsfeet people"-the farmers of the world "manure spreaders." This is a carping letter, although I did not intend it so. Pride injured by an error of omission prompted it. Perhaps sometime in the near future you will have an opportunity to discuss Southern progress. If so, I trust that you will remember this unique field, devote to it a paragraph or two. CHAS. A. HAZEN
Last week General Grant's grandson, Major Ulysses S. Grant, disclosed that his famed grandfather had been christened Hiram Ulysses Grant. Said he: "History's error was caused by confusion on the part of the Congressman who recommended Hiram Ulysses Grant for West Point. The Representative mixed his name with that of his brother, Simpson Grant, and the erroneous name became fixed...