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Peace to all such! but were there One whose fires True Genius kindles,and fair Fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to,rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault...
With his grease crayon, Duffy worries mostly about politics (he is not fond of politicians of any variety), peace and the plight of the poor taxpayer. The rest of the time he worries about horses. On almost any good afternoon Duffy can be found at the track. As long as they're running at Pimlico, Baltimore does not expect to lose Duffy for good...
Rail Juggler Robert R. Young, whose fond, bright dream was to control the New York Central, got a rude awakening last week. In a ruling as abrupt as the jangling of a fire bell, the Interstate Commerce Commission flatly refused to let Young and Chesapeake & Ohio President Robert J. Bowman 1) sit on Central's board, or 2) vote C. & O.'s 400,000 shares in Central which would give Young working control...
Though [More] was moderate in eating and drinking, he was never fussy and he tried to avoid all singularity. No man ever lived who was less of a faddist. He did eat meat, and was specially fond of corned beef...
Moody, young (46) General Hu Tsung-nan was fond of taking lonely walks. Suddenly he would stop, beat his chest in Tarzan fashion, and howl to the heavens. Ex plained Hu : "Thus do I free myself of internal and external pressures." Friends urged him to take a wife. General Hu, short, sturdy watchdog of China's north west, shook his head. "I have a job to do," he said...