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Some pastors thought Engineer Wyer should not have been invited to speak; many felt that he had been somewhat harsh. The pastors were particularly eager to hear sturdy, bespectacled Dr. Frederick William Norwood, eloquent Australian-born minister of London's City Temple.* One of his chief reasons for visiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Unity in Columbus | 2/3/1930 | See Source »

There is certainly, plenty of mourning to be done over the imperfection of the average undergraduate. It does not proceed, however, from his over-education; so far from agreeing with the Canadian editor, we are inclined to think that collegiate chatter is more apt to be incomprehensible to the educated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "... Knowledge and Learning" | 10/30/1929 | See Source »

He too, last fortnight, was vexed. Said he: "Mr. Borglum's head of General Lee everyone recognized. Mr. Lukeman's head of General Lee few people recognize. The nose is crooked, the left arm looks withered and paralyzed, the hilt of the sword is gone and the stirrup of his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Vexed Venable | 10/22/1928 | See Source »

Speaking in a Methodist church in Manhattan, a doctor cried out against the imperfection of the age. He was Dr. Eugene Lyman Fisk, Medical Director of the Life Extension Institute. He said that, of 400,000 persons examined by the organization in twelve years, not one perfect physique had been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: None Perfect | 11/2/1925 | See Source »

"High-B" Accustomed to imperfection, the world marvels when a paragon of physical attainment adds to his fame some demonstration of high mental capacity. "Brains and brawn," the newspapers call it, an old story but rare enough to command human interest in a lopsided world.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: High-B | 10/5/1925 | See Source »

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