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...appear. Tardy in obeying the wishes of the plebs, "caro Benit" drove the assembled populace into a frenzy. Drawing themselves up to their full height, the units of the crowds made a noise that would have shamed the efforts of a herd of wounded bulls. Benito, unable to resist, dashed onto the balcony. Hats were thrown into the air, 50,000 gullets vibrated with applauding shouts, 100,000 hands gesticulated rapturous admiration, enthusiasm and loyalty. Said Benito...
...author, among other books, of Persian Pearls, a book of essays; Farmington, a novel depicting life in a small Ohio town, highly praised at the time of its publication by such critics as the late William Marion Reedy and recently reprinted by Huebsch; Crime, Its Cause and Treatment, and Resist Not Evil. He has also contributed many articles to magazines and reviews, and the current American Mercury has an article by him entitled The Ordeal of Prohibition, designed to show that it has been the practice of civilized countries to fail to enforce, rather than to repeal, unwise and unpopular...
Judge Olvany looked upon the future in no such sinister light. Said he: "The call of the New York County Democratic organization, as voiced by its Executive Committee, though unexpected, is too strong to resist. Within the next few days I shall resign as Judge of the Court of General Sessions and undertake to carry on the work so ably, unselfishly and successfully* performed by Charles F. Murphy for more than twenty-two years...
...large and lurid trail across the newspapers, but speaking roughly (as they so often seem to-do out there) almost anything is possible in Chicago. The professor is much more concerned over that vast and impassive army which fills the colleges everywhere, but which appears so stolidly to resist any impression on the intellect at all; and in his remarks one catches a sudden sense of the dismay with which the teaching profession must have heard the suggestion that our young men are over weighted with brains. There are so very many of them who do not speak fifteen languages...
...responsibility and less interest, have certain duties which they have accepted. To obtain the best results, the spirit of the advisors should be otherwise. But taking it as it exists; there is still the obligation to carry out the task assigned, which it is difficult, in all conscience to resist...