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...Damrosch rose to the occasion to declare Sir Henry "foremost conductor of Great Britain." Reflecting perhaps what Sir Henry's work would be like if it were like his own, he added: "Think what it will mean to the farmers. . . . I am not a scientist with sufficient knowledge to look into the future and see what it may encompass, so I merely say that 'sufficient unto the day is the achievement thereof...
...entire state of Massachusetts during last year had nothing to do, I suppose, with the proponents of this latest measure. What is the excuse for it? Let those who want to undergo this peculiar form of treatment do so; I, for one, though I am not a Christian Scientist nor anything else which some medical gentlemen might like to accuse me of, do not care to submit to it--especially since I know of one person who received by being vaccinated one of the most loathsome of diseases--a disease to which both men and cattle are subject, and which...
Before his body was cremated, his friends?Garrett Putnam Serviss of Tenafly, N. J., author and scientist; Dr. Miller Reese Hutchinson, inventor and engineer; Francis I. duPont?paid him many a lofty tribute. No religious service marked the brief ceremonies, since Inventor Maxim was a member of no church. Said Mrs. Maxim: "I am arranging things as I think he would have liked them...
Mary Baker Glover Patterson Eddy (1821-1910) twice widowed, once divorced, created a sect that now shows all signs of permanency. Its central tenet, as everyone knows, is that spirit alone is real. Matter is the projection of mind; disease, "error" of thought. Members of her Church of Christ, Scientist, come to meetings. "Readers" recite sections of Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures; at certain services fellow-believers rise and tell "experiences," express thanks for "favors" done them in misery. They have the consolation of being well regimented in one of 2,200 Christian Science congregations...
Other diversions of the meeting: Judge Gary, to emphasize that there were brains in the corporation, patted President James Augustine Farrell on the head-strenuously. Of dividends on the increased stock, the Judge said: "The dividend, I believe, will be 1% [as at present]." Scientist Robert Andrews Millikan will direct the corporation's research laboratories. Luncheon consisted, as usual, of sandwiches, apple, coconut and pumpkin pies, ice cream and coffee...