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FitzGerald gilded Omar Khayyám, and Elihu Vedder's now classic illustrations have regilded FitzGerald. Vedder is academic, imaginative, poetic, and about everything else that he ought to be under the circumstances, except Persian. He is Roman, but not romantic...
Elbert H. Gary: "On my recommendation, the United States Steel Corporation gave $100,000 to the Roman Catholic diocese of Erie, Pa., for use in the completion of a children's home...
...majority in the Committee and be reported out is uncertain. But it is certain to be introduced by Senator Cummins and to precipitate a nation-wide debate. Politically, of course, many legislators are afraid of the bill, fearing the effect on backward constituencies. The consistent opposition of the Roman Catholic Church to the birth control movement is well known...
...highest authorities on Greek literature and history, on the Jewish religion, and on the early Christian Church. He is the author of a number of a notable books on these subjects, among them "Life and Letters in the Fourth Century", "The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire", and "Progress in Religion", which contained his Lowell Institute lectures...
...surface it is a small matter which has brought the Roman Catholics, the Anglicans and the Orthodox (Russian and Greek) Churches together this week. It is the matter of the calendar. Representatives of the Pope, of the Archbishop of Canterbury and of the Ecumenical Patriarch are sitting together at Geneva for the first time since 1453. All three Churches are now deciding whether they can adopt a fixed date for Easter...