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...rebel," says Mr. Bradford. Paine "was a commonplace rebel, entirely practical." Not educated, not a deep thinker, lacking humor, but a master of burning words with a splendid ardor for democratic ideals. Mr. Bradford sums up the case for Paine and his detractors: "Here is a man who upset the world and you say he did not brush his clothes...
...world production of sugar at 19,511,000 tons." But the latest published figures by the Department give the world production as 18,308,000 tons. This error of 1,200,000 tons is made by the Government at a time when the whole sugar trade is upset by reports of an estimated shortage of only a few hundred thousand tons...
...regarded with apprehension. "It is ancient history now to refer to the election of Senators by the people. That policy did not rend the structure of government to its foundations, as timid conservatism predicted; nor did woman's suffrage destroy the fabric of society; nor have direct primaries upset the balance of our political processes. "As a matter of plain fact, I am in some things an utter conservative, determined to conserve, as far as I possibly can, those principles and policies of the fathers which for so many years have made our country the freest and the happiest...
STICKFULS, THE COMPOSITIONS OF A NEWSPAPER MINION?Irvin S. Cobb ?Doran ($2.00). Aside from being one of the most characteristic and uproarious of American humorists, Mr. Cobb has been an eminently successful newspaper man. In this account of journalistic adventure he takes pains to upset a few cherished fallacies regarding life in the city room...
...squad this year must pull together", Captain Burke said. "We want every man to be as much interested in the other events as he is in his own work. Among the men in the same event, we want cooperation, not opposition. In heating Yale, last year's team upset all predictions, and showed what determination could accomplish. What we need to develop is a spirit which will carry us to a victory over Yale on June...