Word: galahads
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...GALAHAD: Enough of his life to explain his reputation...
...made of keeping mankind in running order, Jehovah will repay our time and expense by deputing an angel to put us at the top of St. Peter's waiting list. We admire King Arthur, who gave Anglia a good administration and checked the Saxon crime wave more than Sir Galahad who went off by himself to catch a glimpse of the Holy Grail, although the latter achieved what we prize above all else, Success...
...Today we honor youth, beautiful youth, consecrated youth, ideal youth, youth that won our admiration and deepest love," said Dr. William Mann Irvine, headmaster of Mercersburg Academy, at Mercersburg, Pa. "Like Sir Galahad, his moral strength was ideal because it was clean. . . . The mantle of nobility was upon him." The headmaster's wife drew back a U. S. flag revealing a portrait of Calvin Coolidge Jr. Mrs. Coolidge sat in the audience. Later, the class of 1925, classmates of her dead son, presented her with a watch...
Next day friends of Epinard proposed a "revenge race" for 500,000 francs. Jefferson Davis Cohn was indignant. Said he: "This is absolute bumptiousness! I think Sir Galahad will not run again for three months. I have had him in training since Jan. 1 and he has had five races during that time. I cannot train such a nervous horse for any longer period of time...
...Then I'll bet 40 francs on Sir Galahad...