Word: bryce
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...important post, and also by the responsibility of the task of representing the British Empire in the United States. At the same time I am delighted at the prospect of renewing the acquaintance of many friends made in Washington during my service as> Counselor of Embassy under James Bryce, while I shall be glad to meet again the numerous people I had the pleasure of knowing during various trips to different cities...
...both of President Butler's intellectual leadership in America and of his friendship for France as expressed during and since the World War." The only other American member is Woodrow Wilson. Theodore Roosevelt also enjoyed the honor. It is the seat left vacant by the death of Viscount Bryce, which Dr. Butler now takes...
...auction of the late Lord Bryce's effects in London, a rare copy of his The American Commonwealth was knocked down for $16. This volume contained the unexpurgated chapter, withdrawn from later volumes, dealing with Tammany Hall and Tweed Ring corruption in Manhattan politics. This chapter cost Lord Bryce $50,000 in a law suit after his book was first published...
...Lord Bryce points out in "The American Commonwealth" that the people of the United States distrust the man of special education and choose as their representative and leader the average man--the man who can appeal to his constituents as one of the people, with ordinary feelings and instincts and mentality. And this attitude extends beyond the borders of politics into almost every field of American life. Its effects on education are important and serve perhaps to explain the lesser value attributed to studies in America as compared with Europe...
Sends telegram to a dinner in honor of Lord Bryce given by the Sulgrave Institution...