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...money. It is for that reason that people are so eager to draw their marks out of the banks and spend them before their value has decreased any further. Germany is moved by a feverish activity of spending, which is often misinterpreted as prosperity by those who do not understand the true conditions...
...very easy to understand and to sympathize with the natural objections to these proposals. 'At first sight, the idea of a gymnasium or a dormitory does not seem to accord with the spirit of a memorial. But it is only necessary to think of Harkness at Yale or of the Baker Memorial Rink at Princeton to dispel the prejudice against a "utilitarian" memorial. At its best a new dormitory might be a Harvard Harkness; at its worst it would serve a useful purpose. At i's best a new chapel would be a glorious, if somewhat lifeless, architectural monument...
...then went on to describe how he came to the island, pursued and roofless, and how the people had so kindly received him, and how he had enjoyed their hospitality and had shared their sorrows and joys. " Thus we learned to know, understand and appreciate each other. Now the mo- ment has come that I must bid farewell to Wieringen and would like to shake you all by the hand, thanking you for all you gave me. Terribly difficult years they were for me, far from my Fatherland and family, but they were made bearable by the friendly human feelings...
...understand that a small group of Mexican politicians has formulated a protest addressed to me because of the declarations which I made in favor of General Calles...
...occupant of the post was Warren G. Harding. Mr. Coolidge wrote to Mrs. Henry Howard, President of the Association: " I have been greatly interested in what you tell me of the work which the association is doing to provide libraries for our American merchant marine, and I can well understand that the libraries serve not only to furnish instructive and interesting reading, but that they also have to maintain the morale of the men in the service...