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The Extremist party is composed of various elements all striving to gain their ends through an overthrow of British rule in India. One of the most influential of these is the Pan-Islam faction--Mohammedans, who, seeing in the break-up of the Turkish Empire the destruction of the center...
When the war first came upon us, many men with excess of zeal forwent all forms of pleasure, in a burst of ascetic fervor sacrificing all their thought to the war. After the lapse of two months, although not much has been begun, and nothing ended in a martial way...
Of the verse in the number "The Ascetic Speaks," by Mr. Paulding, is clearly the best. It shows, contrary to an opinion of happily decreasing prevalence, that the new free-verse form and genuine poetic expression are not incomparable. The poem possesses a depth of thought and feeling coupled with...
"To cynical or sceptical persons it may seem incredible that the five athletes, who must have heard endless talk about the professionalism of summer ball, were substantially innocent; it is at least equally incredible that a group of the best Yale athletes should wittingly jeopardize their amateur status by openly...
The bitter opposition of generations of clergy, culminating in this explosion, forced Moliere into open conflict with the church. Professor Lefranc advanced the interesting theory that Moliere wrote "Le Tartuffe," not as an attack against religious hypocrites as a group,. but against religion in general. It was a defence of...