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...aren't they perfectly right, these watchful citizenesses? Why should one admit to one's presence one who devours hardboiled capitalists with the same appetite and relish as once upon a time the ogre Minotaurus in Crete devoured luscious Greek maidens-a person who, in addition, is so vulgar as to oppose every war, except the inevitable one with his own wife? "Give heed, therefore, to the sage patriotic dear ladies and remember that the capitol of mighty Rome was at one time saved by the cackling of her faithful geese." When he went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 12, 1932 | 12/12/1932 | See Source »

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