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...writes for the same reason the man thumbed his nose at the Queen, it seems to be the best thing to do at the time. It is a great satisfaction to him to dash off the manifold things that come to mind, and it isn't his fault if they publish it. It is, of course, quite natural that he should feel badly at the conversation he heard, no man likes to have his nearest, dearest thoughts the butt of many an idle jest. But he is used to the indiscretion of youth, he knows how they speak...
There has been much criticism both of the equipment and of the personnel. It is impossible for the undergraduate to determine which is the most at fault. But whatever the causes of dissatisfaction, they should be thoroughly investigated by the University, and once found they must be corrected immediately. Student health is as great a trust as student education, to forsake it for any reason is as much an educational as a medical violation of faith...
...British statesman, of bruises and a slight case of pleurisy contracted after he was struck by an automobile last fortnight (TIME, Dec. 21). His nose and forehead bandaged, Statesman Churchill left the hospital in a wheelchair after having received Mario Contasino, unemployed youth who ran him down through no fault of his. To Driver Contasino, who had called daily to inquire of his condition, Statesman Churchill autographed and presented his latest work, The Unknown...
...responded with alacrity. Boston and Manhattan lionized him; he enjoyed it. But he acted like a flash in the pan: fell down on writing contracts, got into debt, antagonized lion-hunters. When Statesman John Hay once complained to Harte that he was short of funds, Harte replied: "Your own fault. Why did you fool away your money paying your debts?" When friends got him the job of U. S. commercial agent at Crefeld, Germany he took it gratefully, though it meant leaving his wife and family behind. He never rejoined them: from Crefeld he was shifted to Glasgow as consul...
...fault which kept him wandering...