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...Gallant lost causes leave sad aftermaths, and one of the saddest is the plight of the broken leaders. London last week was the temporary refuge of a Robert E. Lee and a Jefferson Davis of the late Republic of Czechoslovakia. They are Eduard Benes and Jan Masaryk, two men who devoted 20 years of their lives to a cause which no longer exists. Like Lee and Davis, they did not know what to do next...
...thousand dollars is cheap enough for the publicity Harvard is getting from its gallant gesture, but public relations should be subordinate to undergraduate harmony. And there can be no doubt that too narrow a basis will cause student resentment of this appeal and a certain friction in everyday relations. On the other hand, there can be even less doubt that the Committee has tried to place its appeal on a broad plain, although in one or two details it has been short-sighted...
Half way across the street our gallant here slipped and fell, spraining his ankle in the process. The old woman, still standing and unhurt, helped him to his feet and guided him safely to the opposite sidewalk...
...Chinese Independence Day last week gallant Generalissimo & Mrs. Chiang Kai-shek drove boldly down the main streets of Hankow, reviewing 80,000 Chinese among whom might easily have lurked a Japanese-paid assassin. Chicago Daily News's A.T. Steele cabled: "This was one of the Generalissimo's few public appearances...one of his most courageous gestures....Throngs composed of clerks, laborers, students and others who have been mobilized to assist in the defense of Hankow stood silent and awed as the Generalissimo and his wife drove by in an open...
...heroism, the Commodore puffed vigorously and said: "I hope the tugboat strike will be over before the Queen Mary returns." And so he will go down in marine history as the first man to dock an Ocean liner without tags and in labor history as a most gallant scab...