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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...formula of mystery is known to everyone. From the boy who tingles at the mention of murder to those rogues of the book world who are weary of the sameness of sudden death, the novel involving crime and courtship, homicide, and happiness, is familiar. Since its plot departs from this head-scratching standard set up by the writers of dectective fiction. "The Blind Goddess" may amuse even experienced cynics Instead of attempting to mystify, the amiable author has Richard Devens, a rich contractor, accidentally shot by Daniel Shay, his friend and business associate, before the eyes of the reader. This...

Author: By D. C. Backus ., | Title: Two of Harvard's Novelists | 4/10/1926 | See Source »

...expressed in the writings of its disciples, the idea of philosophy, forced upon an uncongenial mind, is as crude as its ludicrous. Yet no one in this age of mechanical method and mass manner can call himself a true student, does he remain uncongenial to philosophy. For philosophy, to mention the obvious, is the circle of which all the sciences and history and literature and the segments. It is man's attempt to see the whole in a manner abstracted from the prejudices of flesh and the trivialities of custom. And thus, when properly revealed to the young mind, philosophy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FORCED PHILOSOPHY | 4/9/1926 | See Source »

...shorter on the way to northern Europe and about 200 miles shorter to southern Europe. 2) That there is no danger of war between the U. S. and Canada. 3) That the New York route is "up hill and .down dale," with 30 locks in 160 miles, not to mention some 80 bridges which would have to be elevated either permanently or when each vessel passed, whereas the St. Lawrence route would have only seven locks, no bridges and only 33 miles of "restricted" navigation. 4) That there might at times be shortages of water with which to operate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIPPING: Inland Channels | 4/5/1926 | See Source »

...what vile defamation, to what wicked provocations we Fascist! were continuously subjected for months after Matteotti's disappearance. I will not remind you of the suffering of our mothers and our children when we blackshirts daily left our houses without knowing whether we would return. I .will not mention the tears of the mothers, the relatives of the martyrs to our cause, when at the moment they thought their sacrifices might have been made in vain. I ask you only to do your duty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Duty to Matteotti''' | 4/5/1926 | See Source »

Economists have proven the iniquities of the laissez faire system by reference to former conditions in English factories and American railways but they forget to mention former marriage conditions in the Caucasus. To buy a wife was then a costly proposition, for besides paying a heavy sum to the bride's father, the groom was obliged to entertain the whole village lavishly on the day of his betrothal. To the poorer tribesman, therefore, stealing or kidnapping brides became almost obligatory, a practice which often led to blood feuds between the families of bride and kidnapper. So much for the evils...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HIGH COST OF WIVING | 3/30/1926 | See Source »

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