Word: faddists
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...these days of faddist collectors, it is common to find catalogues listing the current selling-prices of famous signatures. An actress of the '90s brings 35 cents, a recent baseball player perhaps a dollar. No doubt the philosopher would not rank with these today, but the twelve letters of his name will be more lucrative in time to come. Already that name means something beyond valuation, to Harvard men in particular and the books themselves, with his marginal remarks, contain wisdom and sentiment as well...