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Rodin said of him, "Mestrovic is the greatest phenomenon amongst the sculptors". Speaking of the Jugo Slav artist, James Bone. Director of the Modern Art Gallery of the British Museum, has said, "In sculpture an artist must have a message if he is to be known to his generation. He must also have unusual resolution and initiative on account of the practical disadvantages of intractable and costly material and the scarcity of commissions. So under modern conditions there are few sculptors with reputation, and the advent of a new genius is a matter of real importance to Europe, and calls...
...majority of players enjoy playing the game, do they not play it amongst themselves, without being on college teams? Why do not college undergraduates, and even young graduates go out of an afternoon and play the game by themselves, with or without being organized as a team, and under their own leadership? That is the way in tennis, and baseball, and other sports, and used to be the custom with football, even when there were no intercollegiate football matches. And that was the way in hockey when young graduates used to play organized teams until the extra-mural game...
...last Harvard-Dartmouth game, as an old 'Varsity' man I had a choice seat amongst younger Harvard graduates. I heard not a single expression of enjoyment of the beautiful plays of the Dartmouth team; only chagrin and disappointment, and abuse of our professional coach...
Said the Methodist: "We did not understand or fully appreciate him until now, and now we learn that the man who went humbly amongst us had been thinking all the time of our welfare...
...future of the British Empire depends on its own flesh and blood. The grit and determination of our fellow citizens are what have made the Empire what it is. We have to get the right blood out amongst...