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...There are, besides, regular lectures later in the day. Among the speakers this year are Boris A. Bakhmetev, who was Russian Ambassador to Washington under the Kerensky regime; Count Harry Kessler, former German Ambassador to Poland; Sir Edward Grigg, from England; Canon Ernest Dinmet, from Paris; Viscount Bir-former Lord Chancellor of England; General Tasker H. Bliss; Dr. Estanislas Severo Zeballos, former Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs...
...been migrating to Missouri and Illinois. It was in the former state that Smith's downfall came about, in 1844. The Book of Mormon had expressly forbidden, polygamy: "There shall not any man have save it be one wife and concubines he shall have none, for I the Lord God delighteth in the chastity of women. . . . For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me, I will command my people, otherwise they shall hearken unto these things." In 1843, Smith had a " revelation " establishing polygamy, but it is supposed that he had been secretly practicing...
...insulin. The Prince officially welcomed the delegates and extended congratulations to Dr. Keen, the recent President of the Society, " who, despite the 86 years he carries so lightly, and the weight of his world-wide reputation, is again among us to participate in every meeting of this distinguished gathering." Lord Curzon was gratified that the Congress had chosen to meet in England for the first time. Professor Giordano, of Vienna, was elected President for the next triennial meeting, at Rome, in 1926. Neville Chamberlain, British Minister of Health, announced that in 20 years the British deathrate has been reduced from...
...They agree to invite Lord Robert Cecil, or his successor, to luncheon at the White House, and to have ten grains of cyanide of potassium introduced into his consomme...
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin: " Because I wore a blue sack suit, primrose-colored waistcoat, shabby soft gray hat and loose gloves to the Eton-Harrow cricket match, Tailor and Cutter pronounced me a ' sartorial weed' - that is, ' suburban.' Lloyd George, the Earl of Balfour and Lord Robert Cecil have been similarly rebuked by this periodical...