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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...place left empty by Mr. Laski's resignation cannot easily be filled. A profound student of economics, an able teacher, and an intellectual genius, he has at the same time shown himself to be an inspiring tutor and a warm friend to those with whom his life at Harvard brought him in contact. Slandered, misquoted, and often misunderstood by those who knew him least, his keen wit and his strong personality have won for him scores of staunch friends, who, while they could not always agree with his political principles, nevertheless found his influence stimulating and in spiring...
...there is now on exhibition a notable collection, formerly owned by Mr. Widener, of first editions, manuscripts, and letters of the British romantic poets, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Lord Byron. Two very rare and much sought after books in the show-cases are Coleridge's "The Watchman" and "The Friend," little magazines which are interesting to compare with our modern journals. A first edition of the "State man's Manual," with numerous corrections and notes in Coleridge's autograph, is one of the prizes of the collection. Beside these rare editions are various manuscripts, a number of portraits, and letters...
...American people now find themselves without a Government that can function. Partisanship has paralyzed its members. The commanding prestige that the United States won in the war has been frittered away, and the country, after all its superb achievements, stands before the world today discredited and without a real friend. This is the penalty of that betrayal of faith which is all concentrated in the repeated refusal to ratify the treaty of peace. So far as the United States Senate is concerned, the dead of this war have died in vain. NEW YORK WORLD...
...Driggs, "came from the colleges. These were the first to leap forward to offer their services--none were conscripted. To this most hazardous arm of warfare the boys from the best families in America gave their intelligence and determination, with the result that American aviators won the respect of friend and foe alike...
...would be a great attraction if we had one to put in the club. Of course, the machine would belong permanently to the Social Service Committee of the Y. M. C. A., and could be used for concerts on other occasions. Would it not be possible to get some friend to donate a machine or money for one? Or perhaps the Mission would feel like appropriating sufficient for a simple instrument and some records. It would be a great thing to add to the work which I have undertaken, and which is, therefore, one of the Mission activities...