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...they understand the beauty of our city Who are not connoisseurs of loveliness? For it is not the beauty of gay lights; Nor of swift moving crowds; nor quick young laughter ; Nor of shop-thronged streets; nor the sharp hard clink of money Passing from fist to fist. Rather it is the beauty Of an old, old woman in a black mantilla; Of an old, old woman with unutterable wisdom Behind her wordless reticence; who lights a candle In token of prayer before a faded picture of the Madonna. Or it is humble beauty- A flock of goats tumbling down...
...relations with men who are seeking our overthrow. . . . "What folly Lloyd George committed when he brought these Russian intriguers into our midst! . . . "I have to add this warning. Persons who lend money to Russia, as they are entitled to do, must be alive to the risks they run and understand that, in no circumstances, will the British Treasury accept any responsibility if they are defrauded...
...people of the United States know nothing of what has been going on in Arica. They do not understand the question. This is, in part, due to the secret negotiations which Secretary of State Kellogg has been carrying on in Washington, only releasing what he thought suitable to the press...
When we see such amazing intolerance on the part of progressive and educated ministers in the U. S. A., perhaps it is easy to understand the furor among the anti-Christian students in China. But, as a matter of fact, these aforesaid students do not represent the attitude of the best Chinese. For their priests and temple officials are almost universally gracious and hospitable toward Christianity, and most of our summer student conferences are held in Buddhist and Confucian temples. I could pray that some of our learned Christian leaders might have more of the spirit of Christ...
...such a gross, barbarons, wanton picture capable of origin only in the brain of a moron. For if Lampy can find no other material but scorn of the Jewish students in the college and the aspirations and religious ideals of the Jewish race, then it is quite easy to understand the general attitude towards the publication. B. Wantman...