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...allied field of literature their is likewise an absence of knowledge. Harold Bell Wright is more popular than Shakespere: Pilgrims Progress more widely read than Gene Stratton Porter. Unless refuge is to be taken in Barnum's dictum, author and producer, musician and dancer must apparently be resigned to the fate of pleasing some of the public some of the time, some of it all, of the time, but never all of it all of the time...
...years past the American educator could say of the classics, as President Coolidge did of the League, that they were a "dead issue". But significantly enough Latin and Greek have refused to accept this dictum. It is not, therefore, without a keen analysis of the trend of education that Viscont Finlay, former Lord Chancellor of England, upon assuming the Presidency of the Classical Association of Scotland, ventured the opinion that the tide of interest had turned in favor of the classics. That this phenonenon is not purely European is indicated by the increased enrolment in classical courses in American universities...
...inclusion of The Changelings is possibly a trifle arbitrary and may be laid to the dictum of a member of last year's committee that it was the best American play of the year...
There is a time honored rule that members of the House may not have couches, lounges or sofas in their offices. Congressman Frank Clark of Florida, 63 years of age and father of four children, protested in the House that this was an obsolete dictum reflecting on the "integrity and honor" of Representatives and alleging that after his hard labors there are many times when a Representative desires to rest reclining. Said The New York World: "The situation demands investigation- and action. Members of Congress, like babies, are least trouble when they are asleep. Five hundred sofas would be cheaper...
...obsolete dictum reflecting upon 'integrity and honor...