Word: englishman
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...English meet held in March, Abrahams of Cambridge made the mark of 10 1-5 seconds; Gourdin last Saturday sprinted the distance in 10 2-5, but against the M. I. T. he reached 10 flat and against Penn State did 9 4-5. Feldman of Yale equalled the Englishman's record May 7 at Princeton. The American colleges, therefore, appear to have the advantage in this event...
Chesteton has a theory that no man of Jewish descent can ever become a true Englishman. For once he agrees with that object of his detestation, the dehumanized scientist, who believes in the inevitable, in determinism, and in the theory that blood is thicker than ideals. Mr. Chesterton does not altogether advocate that the Jews be treated as Isaac of York, but he does not like to see them rise as high as Disraeli and Lord Reading...
...hair. I am afraid that in his preoccupation with the German professor, Mr. Chesterton has acquired much of the latter's logic. If Mr. Chesterton's jests could be reduced to a reasoned argument, I suppose it would run like this: No man of Jewish descent can become an Englishman, for some Jews take Mr. Chesterton seriously...
Probably no age is without its Edmund Burke,--some prominent Englishman who sees the case as America sees it. "Much as one may regret the absence of American participation in the League," says Lord Ishington, "one is driven to recognize by the present attitude of the executive in this matter that American apprehensions are not without justification. It is curious that it should be left to the American Legislature to give the British Parliament a lesson on its own Constitution by insisting on full Parliamentary control. "The demand for the recognition of Parliament in the mandate question is in complete...
...rung. The climb is long, laborious, and slow. The educated American, ever impatient of results, is not temperamentally equipped for the task, and easily deviates into fields where his ability will reap him a more speedy and direct compensation. On the other hand, the political apprenticeship of the Englishman is of short duration. He serves first in the borough council, and immediately afterwards is eligible to the House of Commons. There are no tedious waits or petty impedimenta. Yet another advantage is that the M.P. does not need to be a resident of the borough electing him, whereas the American...