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...have no respect for law, merely as law. It is the duty of every citizen to show his contempt, so far as is convenient and seemly, for any laws that seem to him contemptible. . . . I would have my grandson study Rabelais, Montaigne, Ben Franklin and Li Tai Po, rather than William Jennings Bryan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Yale Commencement | 5/26/1925 | See Source »

...PO A E AVE. Gordon 9 31 13 14 2 0 2 3 .452 11 0 1 .917 Todd c.f. 9 31 8 14 1 1 2 6 .452 8 0 2 .800 Larrabee c. 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 2 0 0 1.000 A. G. Rogers l.f. 7 19 2 6 2 1 0 0 .316 6 0 1 .857 Jenkins s.s. 6 16 6 5 0 0 0 2 .313 9 13 4 .846 Hammond 2b. 9 36 7 11 1 2 1 1 .306 17 23 6 .870 Campbell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOW BASEBALL MEN AVERAGE UP TO DATE | 4/28/1924 | See Source »

...following estimates of books much in the public eye were made after careful consideration of the trend of critical opinion: SILK-Samuel Merwin - Houghton ($2.00). This is the story of the great adventure of Jan Po, "native of P'ing Ling in Shansi, pupil of Ma Chung at Lo Yang, mandarin of the eighth rank with button of worked gold," as told in the journals and letters of the polished Jan himself. He tells of his journey beyond the edge of the world, along the route of the silk; of Ibn Shu Eer Din, Wa Zir of Balkh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Coast of Folly-- | 1/21/1924 | See Source »

...Premier Poīncaré in his hebdomadal sermon at Dun-sur-Meuse refused the new German offer. He said that France still waited for the official end of passive resistance in the Ruhr...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE RUHR: A New Offer | 9/24/1923 | See Source »

Firpo pronounces his name "Fear-po" and not " Fur-po "?as it comes most naturally to the North American tongue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Firpo vs. Willard | 7/23/1923 | See Source »

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