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During World War I Jinnah was a conspicuous worker for Moslem-Hindu unity, persuaded the Congress Party and Moslem League to hold joint sessions, used as his slogan "a free and federated India." In 1917 he could still attack the idea which later became his obsession. "This [fear of Hindu...
The best story in Dame Una's book is about Dickens' temporary obsession with hypnotism. After successfully putting his own not-very-wide-awake wife to sleep, Dickens felt the need to try his hypnotic power on the spry wife of a Swiss banker. When in bed, this...
As a result of showing off to the Littles' cat, Stuart was rolled up in a window shade. The Littles thought he had disappeared down a mousehole (it was an obsession Mrs. Little had). So they got down on all fours "and put their mouths as close as possible...
"Where Are You Going To?" When he reached 21, Service shipped for Canada to begin his life as a rolling stone. Freedom was his obsession, and in the New World he found plenty of it. One day, in the brawling San Francisco of Barbary Coast days, he stared at his...
In its obsession, it worshipped God under all forms, from inexpressible abstraction to inexpressible obscenity, from the monkeys which defiled villages and ruined precious crops, to the snakes which every year killed 20,000 people. More extreme devotees, the Jains, even placed cloths over their mouths and noses lest they...