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...both possible and probable that sea currents during the next fortnight would crack a passageway through the pack at about the 180th degree of longitude. The two Byrd ships could then get through, load personnel and goods, and scurry back before the pack reformed...
Just where this sheep-like gambol after perfection leads, the Vagabond has no idea. But he does believe there is a load of common sense in the words of a distinguished physician who dares people to be themselves without shame: "Let us not train our children to a style of life in which they shall always demand to be first. Let us teach them to go out into the world and not be perfect--to do a good job there and have the courage to make mistakes if necessary. Let them not feel that their self-cateem depends on their...
...months ago envious rivals declared war on the sedate Governor of Yunnan Province, Hu Jao-yu. Governor Hu lacked troops. Practical, he contracted for aid with a bandit chief well spoken of in the interior, promised him the Prefecture of the City of Megntzu and a camel-load of Mexican silver dollars...
...clear perspective of hindsight he saw that it was not only wrong for him as an official of the Chinese Nationalist Government to have paid a camel-load of silver dollars to a bandit, but also that it would be morally wrong to allow the bandit to continue to exist. Governor Hu firmly resolved to exterminate the fellow...
...result of the conflicts and delays occasioned by this tremendous traffic load, the commercial efficiency of the city was seriously threatened by the congestion of its principal business district. The situation obviously called for an inventory an which to base relief measures...