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Thus Britons, Princes and Untouchables will be dealing as a unit with what? Other Indians, primarily inhabitants of so-called "British India," are represented at the Conference by a delegation which, although including some burnt-out firebrands, such as a survivor of the "AH Brothers" faction, is composed of "Indian Liberals" and ''Indian Moderates...
...Ah, there's a sore point: the old rover is homesick. With the best of intentions and a desire to keep pace with progress he packed himself off to Lowell House last year, determined to take part in the new Harvard. But after all, it's pretty hard to teach an old dog new tricks and, frankly, the Vagabond is not happy in his new lodgings, even the men who paint his tower have conspired to make him blue. The youngsters round about him seem happy, but the sound of insular accents and the sight of foreign customs...
...well-known modern Swedish architect, visiting Yale a while ago, was shown the [Sterling] Library while it was still unfinished and the 16-story Book Tower stood only as a structure of steel girders and braces in geometric patterns. 'Ah!' said the architect, looking up in surprise and relief, 'at last you are doing something really modern at Yale. ... Of course you will do no more than cover the steel tower with glass?' . . . How utterly must he have been disgusted to see stone vaults, instead of supporting the roof, being supported by the roof! Or to see buttresses, instead...
...Ah,' said Madame de Parolignac, 'the tiresome creature! How carefully he tells you what everybody knows! How heavily he discusses what is not worth the trouble of being lightly mentioned! How witlessly he appropriates other people's wit! How he spoils what he steals! How he disgusts me! But he will not disgust me any more; it is enough to have to read a few pages by the archdeacon...
...Ah there Nick....ah, there Charlie .... and a very good evening to you too Walter....sure, filet Winter Place, and a lot of ice....no, you mug, in the glasses....this certainly seems like old times....you don't know how we old grads....who threw that?....who threw, it, I ask you?....right down my shirtfront crabmeat cocktail....somebody's going to get pasted....Ohoooo, did I?....I always said those forks were too small....well, happy days....and a great pleasure I'm sure.... hey, waiter....POP....Rheims....Epernay....hmmmm, the Widow Cliquot....POP....and very nice...