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...Lamont tells "An Incident of the Crimean War" in an interesting...
...second evening will include a thorough elucidation of the momentous Eastern Question, with the latest complications threatening the peace of Europe, followed by a vivid delineation of the great battles of the Crimean War of 1854-5, the whole illustrated by large colored maps painted expressly for this series...
...examination, "Who was Esau?" "Esop," said he, "was a man who wrote fables, and who sold the copyright to a publisher for a bottle of potash!" Another student was asked to give some account of Wolsey. His reply was unique. "Wolsey was a famous general who fought in the Crimean War, and who, after being decapitated several times, said to Cromwell, 'Ah, if I had only served you as you have served me, I would not have been deserted in my old age!" Occasionally within the precincts of colleges and universities a rich vein of humor may be struck...