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...benefit of those members of the University who still cherish the ideals of its founder, who still believe that every man has the inviolable right to be seen as well as heard, and who have felt that the supporters of the glorious banner of freedom were flagging of late; we are glad to be able to print, bit by bit, as it comes to light the hitherto unpublished journal of a freeman, a pioneer of the proletariat, who has been sustaining single-handed for years a magnificent fight against the forces of repression. If the daring entries are fragmentary...
...Revolution comes as an echo from the Northwest, or from the months of inn-keepers, shepherds, Lamas, or officers of "Red" of "White" detachments. Once, it is true the Yenisei River, in its springy floods brings a sight that neither author nor readers will ever forget: "Watching this glorious withdrawal of the ice. I was filled with terror and revolt at seeing the awful spoils which the Yenisei bore away in this annual retreat. These were the bodies of the executed counter-revolutionaries . . . Hundreds of these bodies with heads and hands cut off, with mutilated faces and bodies half burned...
...States had entered the conflict with such disinterested motives and under such unusual conditions. Above all, there was such a deep feeling of gratitude for America's help in the War that minor disappointments became insignificant. Then too, the memory of our aid in the American Revolution, of the glorious part played by America in the Great War, and of the long record of friendship will always be a bond between the two peoples...
...glorious relics of the weaver's art are series depicting the "Hunt for the Unicorn," symbol of chastity and immortality. Since 1450 the unicorn has adorned the Castle of Verteuil, home of the Counts of La Rochefoucauld...
...tissue of hypotheses, guesses, speculations and assumptions. When half baked scientists, and even preachers who are seeking to convey the impression that they are very "advanced" and who have merely dabbled in science--when such men as these parade their scepticism and doubts, and seek to overthrow and glorious temple of revealed religion, with guesses for their battering rams, then it is time for those who reverence a living God and believe in the revelation which He has given, to speak out in defense of "the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints...