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...main streets of Rochester, N. Y. flows the turbulent, muddy Genesee River, carrying drainage from barnyards and outhouses in western New York. In cases of great demand, the river water serves Rochester fire hydrants. Rochester's drinking water comes partly from Lake Ontario, mostly from pure, sparkling Hemlock Lake. Many years ago, the hydrant system was connected to the Hemlock Lake system by valves. But during the past 20 years, most of the valves have been permanently sealed. Only a few remained, connecting the clean Hemlock water with the dirty water from the Genesee. Even the Superintendent of Waterworks...
Like many Irishmen, many Hindus believe that Britain's poison is their meat. With German hemlock close to British lips last week, India seemed to have quit talking about dominion status as the price of docility. The London Times's Simla correspondent anxiously reported: "An offer of full freedom within the British Commonwealth no longer meets the [Indian National] Congress case, which . . . asks for complete independence outside the orbit of the British Commonwealth...
Last fortnight New York Justice John E. McGeehan upheld Mrs. Kay, revoked the appointment. Said Earl Russell: "It strikes me between the eyes. . . . Precisely the same accusations were brought against Socrates -- atheism and corrupting the young." Socrates was forced to drink hemlock. Russell is booked to lecture at Harvard. --Life Magazine...
Every schoolboy knows that Socrates was an influential Greek educator who was condemned to drink hemlock for "corrupting" Athens' youth. For 2,300 years Socrates has been pictured, on the strength of Plato's description of him, as a highborn philosopher who lived ascetically, spent his time asking searching questions of Athenians in the market place, showed up the Greek Sophists, avoided politics and was eventually martyred by an ignorant mob for teaching his pupils idealistic notions of justice and authority...
Everywhere along the drives and through the Gardens, the havoc wreaked by Wednesday's hurricane is in evidence. Directly behind the Administration building at the entrance, the fine pine grove has been largely destroyed, and damage is also severe on the exposed part of Hemlock hill, in the conifer collection and among the populars and oaks in the Peters Hill area...