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...article quotes at length from diaries and letters written by Lords and Ladies of various periods. One letter begins dearest creature", another describes the "Horried torter" of a lady's dying lap-dog. Sam Weller's "wessel of wrath" finds full vindication in a diary of the sixteenth century which discusses "welwets, wacabonds and women" with no hesitation whatsoever. "Ojus", too, and "sparrowgrass" are not only in common use but are even preferred by the standard dictionary of 1790. "Cockney", continues the article, "that noble blend of East Mercian, Kentish, and East Anglican, which was written by Chaucer, printed...
They have enabled us to run a modern clinic at our main station by giving scientific work which we had to have and could not pay for; consequently, they have helped to save life and suffering of somebody's dearest on earth, even if they were not of their own family or nation. They have enabled us to build buildings which we could not otherwise have had. Ruskin got Oxford men to build a road in their vacation. A Yale-Harvard-Princeton team hewed out a foundation for a large orphanage and so contributed thousands of dollars to the fund...
...public men who have been able to change from one party to another. The originator of the political power of Woodrow Wilson, he received nothing for his efforts, but in due course of time turned against Mr. Wilson and helped to defeat the latter's dearest project--the League of Nations. Mr. Harvey then became a republican and supported the nomination of President Harding. And now as a reward he has been asked to succeed John W. Davis at London...