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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...time to raising his black irises, known by his name to most U. S. horticulturists. The "Chance" also likes fishing, shooting ducks at his camp in Magnetawan, Ont., discussing anything under the sun with his wife Mary, listening to prize fight broadcasts with his son-in-law, Professor Benjamin Meritt of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study. Kirkland crotchets include a dislike of bond salesmen and newspapermen, refusal to improve his ill-fitting false teeth, a fondness for maxims like: "I don't have time to make up anyone's mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Chance Out | 6/21/1937 | See Source »

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