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In the same letter Dickens writes that he has not seen any place that he likes as well as Boston. "I hope I may be able to return there, but I fear not. We are now in the regions of slavery, and spittoons, and senators. All three are evils in...
Nowhere is this better seen than in the Roman Catholic Church. The contemplation of the oldest institution in the world, which for nearly two thousand years has exercised unbroken dominion over the souls and often the bodies of men contains in itself something of the dramatic. It has had its...
Foreign Loans. For the development of corporate and civic enterprises-largely waterpower, paper and cement activities-and to assist the stabilization of foreign currencies, U. S. bankers loaned to Europe and the Far East $1,318,700,000 for the ten months ending Oct. 31-more than was negotiated for...
Educators have long deplored and humorists ridiculed the ways of the U. S. tourist among foreign art centres. After a restful week at sea, he despatches the Louvre in two trips of three hours each and says: "I could have done it in 20 minutes with spikes on!" So too...
Several long moments passed while Governor-General Timothy Michael Healy stared down at the corpse of his nephew. Then he bent down and kissed the forehead of Kevin O'Higgins. A moment later President William T. Cosgrave laid his right hand on the dead man's brow, standing for a...