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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...perceptible saving to the British was thus realized. Now, however, owing to easier money in the U. S. this Spring, every Liberty issue is above par and no such saving is possible. It was thought, therefore, that the payment would be made in gold. This did not necessarily mean, however, that Britain would ship gold ingots to the U. S. Government. British dollar credits accumulated in the U. S. will merely be transferred to Washington. Payment on the debt would be made in gold only when the purchase of bills of exchange on the American market would be likely...
...Courage does not mean facing bayonets, but accomplishing one's social duty...
Personal Liberty. "Of course it is first necessary to know what people mean by liberty, and to differentiate sharply between liberty and license." He then read several extracts from Opposition newspapers, in which the Government had been criticized, to prove that anyone could say whatever he liked and that, therefore, personal liberty did exist...
...Irish artistic immigrants in America are many?and it is astonishing how quickly they become acclimated. Take Ernest Boyd, for example, whose literary influence has caused no mean flutter in American criticism, or the Hacketts, or John Butler Yeats, whose death last year took from us one of the most delightful personalities of Greenwich Village, or Dudley Digges and J. M. Kerrigan, actors both from the Dublin boards. Of all these, the most thoroughly of the spirit and heart of Ireland seems to me to be Padraic Colum himself, looking for all the world like an elf, the best modern...
...before the fight. "Ready and confident. You say to me, 'Can I win?' I say to you, 'How can I lose ?'" François Descamps. Carpentier's manager, corroborated this. "After 16 years he looks better than he ever looked before. And I mean that from my heart." Gibbons also felt satisfied with his training. "That I shall remove Georges Carpentier, the French heavyweight, from my path to another meeting with Dempsey, is my firm belief." When the boxers entered the ring they were all smiles. Carp smiled his customary gracious smile; and Gibbons smiled...