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...such it is, not to be cast aside. It clings by a touch of Eastern mysticism, by the directness of the Teutonic mind that created it, and by the deftness with which common experiences are used to support supernatural contentions. We are all affected by this: "It would happen, for instance, that the striking of an old clock, the sight of a landscape, the melody of a song, an aroma, or even a mere combination of words, impressed themselves on my mind, as distinctly as if I had heard, seen, inhaled or otherwise experienced the same thing already; as though...
...from Buffalo to Washington in President McKinley's funeral train, Mark Hanna exploded: "I told William McKinley it was a mistake to nominate that wild man at Philadelphia. I asked him if he realized what would happen if he should die. Now look, that damned cowboy is President of the United States...
...clients to represent. Apparently his misconduct had been technical. But the penalty was heavy disgrace. He had vanished from his hotel, leaving no clue, only a note disposing of a nebulous estate in favor of his sister and brother; had written in a letter "in case anything should happen to me through accident or otherwise. . . ." Wall Street veterans shook their heads. It was not the first time a ruined broker had thus prepared...
Warning signals are already being posted by the Proctors in the Freshman Dormitories. Student advisers, if they happen to remember, add their share to the chorus. And the trembling Freshman wonder with awe about these "November hours" that occur so mysteriously in October while the confident and carefree Freshman is urged to tremble by his mentors...
This will hardly happen to Herman W. Booth, for apparently he had no customers...