Word: elihu
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Episcopal bishops from Haiti, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Illinois, in purple and white robes and violet birettas, a group of Army and Naval officers in uniform, and the speakers of the day-Elihu Root, Governor Smith, Sir Campbell Stuart-in high silk hats and sleek frock coats, followed a young crucifer and 100 Eton-collared choir boys in white surplices and purple cassocks up the aisle of the partly finished Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Manhattan, to range themselves along the south wall, while Bishop William Manning, gripping his golden pastoral staff, accompanied by the more notable guests, mounted...
...Elihu Root, Sir Campbell Stuart, expressed befitting sentiment. The moment for the actual dedication had come...
...According to the unanimous opinion of Army officers he is one of the great War Secretaries of modern time, ranking with Elihu Root. ... In spite of my own promotion, I sincerely share the universal regret at his resignation."-Dwight F. Davis...
...codification of international law proposed by Elihu Root...
Were such salaries paid, many men of intellect now preoccupied with the details of business, law or war, could withdraw from active life and lend their minds, unharassed, to the service of human thought-men like Elihu Root, John Hay, Admiral Mahan, Steinmetz. Scholarship would come into its heritage; universities would be dignified. "Our typical 'University' of today would gradually find its place in the new system. Perhaps no great harm comes from assembling these vast crowds of healthy, noisy, young people. Let them enjoy themselves. But why miscall such a place of rendezvous a university...