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Premier Herriot himself then mounted the tribune, explained what a sincere, simple chap M. Clementel was, how valuable his services had been to the Government and France, but condemned him out of hand for overstepping his authority and misrepresenting the Government, without, however, denying what the Finance Minister had said. His speech was a model of equivocation. He assured the Senate signifi- cantly that he would introduce a bill for the improvement of the Treasury's (Bank of France's) position...
...said: "In view of the fact that most undergraduates are not experienced speakers and are not vitally interested in religion, the purpose of these trips has been to propagate friendships rather than to evangelize. Every man who has reached college has some experience which can help a younger chap. All that is necessary is that he give the best he knows, and that he be sincere. Thus men who would not ordinarily be formed deeply religious, have been doing real and sincere Christian work. They themselves have come to a clearer conception of the meaning of the word Christianity...
...become interested in Lee?", he said, leaning back in his swivel chair. "Thirty odd years ago, when I was a young chap, a rather prominent elderly gentleman of my acquaintance said that the greatest man he ever met was Robert E. Lee. That struck me, you know, for I had never heard of him before, and yet I knew that friend of mine had met Bismarck, Von Moltke, Gladstone and a dozen other great men. Robert E. Lee must have been a remarkable character to have impressed my friend so profoundly...
...cheap little chap who stole $50,000 by mistake...
...first place I wouldn't advise any young college chap to go on the stage unless he has an income of his own", said Cyril Maude, the English actor who is now in Boston starring in "Aren't We All?" at the Hollis Street Theatre...