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...natural-born citizen of the United States be eligible to be a Justice of the Supreme Court, a member of the Cabinet or Speaker of the House of Representatives." Alexander Hamilton, Carl Schurz and many other names illustrious in American history were cited by opponents of the resolution as proof that foreign birth does not disqualify a man for great service to the United States; but all to no avail...
...endogenous, and education is his unfolding," said Emerson. If proof were needed that education is not the same thing as college training per se, the Times has given it in an imposing enumeration of untutored genius. Who will deny that these are the names of educated men? Yet their college degrees are all honorary, bestowed in recognition of achievement. Without the opportunities of college training, they rose to heights the average college graduate never ascends. The simple truth is that college cannot give a man genius, seriousness of mind and determination of purpose. A man must bring these...
Another unusual feature of the collection is a manuscript of the first proof of Lincoln's second inaugural address. It is interlined and edited, partly by the President in his own handwriting, and partly by John Hay Hon. '02, later Secretary of State, and at that time Lincoln's private secretary...
...record made by Ray two years ago. Ray started in the race. At the end of the third lap, pressing his hand to his side in the fashion of one stricken with a cramp, he dropped out. "Boo," went the gallery. But the gallant Ray, having many times given proof of his courage, trotted heedless to the locker rooms...
...press for a facetious excitement. "Harvard rushes to support baggy pants of old Nassau," headlines the New York Evening Post, a singularly careless statement and one showing that these breeks did need braces if a venerable and sister institution of learning really had to do this. But what proofs are there of this support on Harvard's part? Has President Lowell been interviewed on the subject? Has the board of overseers done anything about it? Has the corporation, statelier than Betelgeuse, moved in the premises? Has President Emeritus Eliot said anything about it? The progressive conservatism of Harvard is proof...