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...keen analysis of President Wilson made this reference to Mr. Gompers in November 1917: 'If I may be permitted to do so, I want to express my admiration of his patriotic courage, his large vision and his statesmanlike sense of what has to be done. I like to lay my mind alongside of a mind that knows how to pull in harness. The horses that kick over the traces will have to be put in a corral...
...inclined to regret that Mr. Agar felt compelled to report with great detail on the early lives of his subjects and hence to compress his commentary into a meagre allotment of pages. But no reader can escape the fact that the author does keen justice to his characters. "Jemmy" Madison, for example, "the withered little apple-John," was "small, quiet, precise... In print he had authority and effectiveness; but he had neither of these qualities as chief executive of the nation;" William Howard Taft was a "genial, unambitious man who never got over the surprise at finding himself president;" Wilson...
...Walsh. Last week young Mr. Roosevelt attempted to spike such gossip as follows: ''I have a personal genuine affection for Senator Walsh. ... I recognize him as the leader ... in Massachusetts. . . . No effort ... to strain the relations between us will be successful and I am looking forward with keen anticipation to the pleasure of supporting him . . . for reelection...
...urge Federal aid-notably one at Teachers College which went so far as to advocate a dole for all pupils until they find employment-the U. S. Government regards the difficulties of the schools as purely local problems. Commissioner Zook can offer no cash help. But, like a kindly, keen-eyed, plump-faced uncle, he may give advice, put at Education's disposal a vast amount of statistics. Dr. Zook said on taking office: "We have a product to sell to the people. If we are successful, it must be so organized and so displayed as to make...
...keen Dutchmen representing a Pacific empire of 60,000,000 people; two Frenchmen speaking for 20,000,000 French subjects in the Pacific; a strong delegation from Canada, the last led by Sir Robert Falconer; separate delegations from Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines...