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...burst of note-writing proclivities on the part of each. Now both proceed along the ladder of fame, one downwards, the other up, each to remain in the public memory as long as is customary for fallen idols: for, to assume the pessimistic attitude and to predict the inevitable, each will be a fallen idol in a surprisingly short time, and he whose arm extended aloft in the calcium glare last night is destined to as deep an obliviou as he who failed to heed the final count. But such philosophy and pessimism is dealing in futurities by four hours...
...Count Tolstoi's enthusiasm even led him to predict that airplane flights from west to east would be more successful, as in the recent past, than east-west flights. He recommended great west-east pilgrimages to improve the health and general well-being of all mankind...
...teaching force there has been one of our colleagues. He is a scholar of the first rank, a man of strong, true character, with humor, vision and a deep spiritual, nature. He will be a wise administrator, fitting with exceptional adaptation into the traditions of our college. I predict for his leadership a success in keeping with that of the best of his predecessors...
Virgil Jordan, chief economist of the National Industrial Council, at its Conference Board meeting in Manhattan: "The business forecaster who attempts to predict the business outlook for the rest of this year and for 1928 is up against it, if he relies upon most of the current and fashionable methods [of prognosticating]. For some reason the old medicine no longer works. . . . There may be a slight further recession in business for a short time, but it is likely to end in a real business boom, rather than in a genuine depression...
...confidence in aviation and the lust for adventure created by Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh's flight, led airmen to predict a doubling in U. S. flying activity in 1927 and 1928. In the few days following the news of Captain Lindbergh's arrival in Paris, aviation schools throughout the U. S. reported a host of new applicants who wanted to be taught the art of flying. Barnstorming pilots noted a significant increase in the number of people who were willing to pay $3 and $5 for a few minutes' ride. One editorial writer said: "America is flying...