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...toasts given at the dinner at which Lafayette was a guest, a play--bill of the theatrical performance in his honor in New York, various biographies called forth by his presence here, a collection of poems in his honor, and a scrap--book of newspaper clippings tracing his progress from town to town...
...Cummings' speech this evening will deal with the popular demand for international peace during the last twenty years and the public sentiment brought forth by such attempts as the League of Nations and the Disarmament Conference now in progress in Washington...
...element of choice left to the society after the College Office has done its work, permits recognition to be accorded to the number of courses, their comparative difficulty and the progress along a general plan, in the case of each candidate...
Dean Brown compared life to a battle in the World War. In the battle the private soldier knew little of the progress of the fight, but his faith in headquarters kept up his morale. "In the battle of life," said Dean Brown, "each of us is like the soldier; we cannot tell how the campaign against evil is going, but we have faith in headquarters which enables us to keep up our morale...
...understanding of the laws of nature has been enormously increased during the last hundred years and that understanding has enormously increased man's power. I have lived for over eighty years; and the progress which man has made during those eighty years in scientific knowledge and therefore in power fills me with amazment whenever I reflect upon...