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...truth, like murder, must out, I shall have to confess that it was with many misgivings that I took up "Brother Saul," After reading his other books there was a lurking fear that this one might not quite be up to their standard. Could this writer, the breath of whose nostrils is Ireland, and who in his other works writes, figuratively speaking, with emerald ink--could he so far forget his mountains and heather moors as to be able to transport himself back to the Palestine and Rome of some 2,000 years ago and enter into the spirit...
...regard to British Foreign policy toward the end of the Victorian era the Vagabond is forced to confess ignorance. But he has heard Professor Webster lecture, he knows that Professor Webster has had an unrivaled opportunity to study this subject in his work in the British foreign office and his long access to the British archives, and he is going to avail himself of this easiest and pleasantest way imaginable to find out just what Great Britain was thinking and doing in relation to the rest of the world around the year...
...contend that the accused is guilty of homicide, attempted insurrection, and carrying a rifle," boomed the Attorney General. "The homicide must be considered as committed, because it was prevented by forces [policemen] entirely beyond the control of Zaniboni, whom you have heard confess, nay, boast [TIME, April 25] that he would have killed Premier Mussolini if not apprehended. In these circumstances, the State asks the maximum penalty for the accused and his accomplice, General Luigi Capello...
...grease comes to the top. . . . When we consider the interval separating Pasteur from the monkey, it seems to me the Negro has traveled a long distance in his short contact with Western civilization. Next year I am going to Africa to study the ancestors of these Western Negroes. ... I confess I have been rather shocked at some things I have seen in your theatres and cinemas. In An American Tragedy and even in What Price Glory there is a literal, physical portrayal of desire which would not for a moment be tolerated in Paris. It is curious in a country...
...their old college days, and who occasionally reach deep into their pockets for the University, or the undergraduates, the graduate students, and the officers, who live its daily life. We do not wish to be petty and nagging, by calling undue attention to what cannot be remedied; but we confess that we are not yet sceptical enought to believe that the sentiment of a group whose interest is so very demonstrable should be quite ignored. Yours truly, Edward Renouf, President, Harvard Liberal Club...