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...made gods. The fruit of his three score years of contemplation is a brilliant exposure of those gods, pointing to the irony of the fear they are able to rouse in man. His leisurely narrative is rich in satire and delicious humor, which may easily be misunderstood for meaningless, if somewhat lickerish, drool. But even the most matter-of-fact reader will envy the bright existence led by Douglas' creatures, and be charmed by his prose...
...Orphan and the countless other minute facts such as might be required on a daily examination paper in many of our English courses. But art is long and life is short as several astute gentlemen have observed before out time, and such microscopic examinations of limited fields are quire meaningless to the large majority inadequately prepared for these courses. (Yale News...
...European history or 14 with that of the French Revolution has remained as much of a mystery as why 3 should lead to a knowledge of the Roman Empire or 32 to the general history of the United States. But it has recently been discovered that numbers, in themselves meaningless, can carry great significance if arranged in proper sequence. Beginning with several changes in next year's "Announcement of Courses of Instruction" the History Department has decided to have low numbers signify elementary courses while the larger numbers represent progressively more advanced courses...
...time to put captions under pictures... that have something to do with same...must read whole article sometimes...to get what devilish caption means...this is waste of time...I am rushed too...Comment on Foreign & Nat. Affairs... very good...reviews of plays, movies, books, etc. meaningless, hasty, unsympathetic...but...as I said...I like TIME...even if I am giddy after reading it...but then...I like... Rolly-coasters too...they have same effect. Now, caption this "Likes Roily-Coasters" and don't say I wasn't thoughtful in giving you that head...
...When Mr. Hoover dictated this meaningless epistle he was evidently as irritable and belligerent as Thrasymachus was when, because of his inability to answer questions propounded by Socrates, he ill-naturedly accused the great philosopher of having 'a stuffed nose' and of not having used his handkerchief as frequently as decency demanded. [Laughter...