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Probably History will set down his term of office as Viceroy of India (1899-1905) as the greatest episode of his career. He created a new Northwest frontier province, introduced extensive schemes of irrigation, reformed the entire administrative functions of Government, worked assiduously to broaden the educational system of the country. Under Lloyd George, he was Foreign Secretary in the most momentous period of Europe's history; but, as Mr. George was largely his own Foreign Secretary, Lord Curzon had to keep much in the background. Under Bonar Law and later in Mr. Baldwin's first administration, he was Foreign...
...Reproving the appeal to violence, which declares as propitious for such an agitation a moment when the country is called upon to face the greatest international and financial difficulties the Chamber puts its confidence in the Government to continue, without weakening, a firm and loyal application of secular...
...basic causes of the St. Paul failure run back many years. In general, they can be summarized as the failure of the road's earnings to sustain its tremendous capitalization. In part, the bankruptcy can be attributed to one of the greatest gambles ever taken in U. S. railroading?the construction of the 1,400 miles "Puget Sound extension" which carried the road from the Middle West to the Pacific Coast, 15 years ago. Previous to this time, the St. Paul had been a prosperous "granger" road in the Middle West. But James J. Hill and others had pressed their...
...Fosdick has just preached his last sermon as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of New York. Under the curse of heresy, he leaves a pulpit where for six years he has preached with the bold courage of his broad convictions. Today he is probably the newest and the greatest force in modern religious thinking and as such he comes in contact with the stern limits of the Presbyterian dogma...
...dinner given by the two Bryans to Vice-President Dawes. It must have been a jolly party, with Charles W. predicting a Democratic victory in 1928, with W. J. drinking a fundamentalist toast in grape juice, and with Dawes having to curb his genius in face of the greatest justification in his career for inventing a new "cuss" word...