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"The enemy have made a law that it hurts me to go on these drives. . . . I do not take these drives for recreation but because I want to establish dominion over mortal minds antagonistic to belief." In the evenings, after dinner, Mrs. Eddy would sit in the window of her...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Scientists | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

Advertisement for Listerine shaving soap: bearded bust, staring with curiosity and disapproval upward, into an imaginary mirror.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Plastic Advertisements | 2/6/1928 | See Source »

Imagine an enormous male doll, bigger than most policemen. Its ruddy skin has a waxen glow. There is a wiglike perfection to its yellow tonsure. Its puffy hands make pawing gestures. Upon its gentle mouth is an infantine wetness. The staring eyes are china-blue and someone has dressed up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The Senate Week Jan. 30, 1928 | 1/30/1928 | See Source »

GENIUS AND CHARACTER-Emil Ludwig-Harcourt, Brace ($3.50). "And what else must we do but trace this man's every thought and act, every motive and impulse, back to the indivisible elements of his personality?" This is a fine and an austere credo for a biographer. Author Ludwig who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Characters | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

The Man, in his old age, looked exactly like that preposterous old South African, whose picture, displayed in advertisements or in his book, is now in so many homes-Trader Horn. He had the same shiny bald head, the beard that looks as if it had been doused in foamy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Darwin | 11/28/1927 | See Source »

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