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Croatians mourn Raditch as their most potent protector from the tyranny of Serbia, which is the "Parent Kingdom" of that realm called Jugoslavia, which includes Croatia. Jugoslavs of national consciousness believe, however, that Stefan Raditch, whom they deem a demagog, was a pernicious influence, obstructing the eventual union of the Serbs, Croats and other South Slavian peoples. If his murder does not provoke a revolution in Croatia, it may yet prove to have been for the eventual good of the whole kingdom...
Claudia is made to exclaim: "The people is blind. It loves and hates without discernment. It sacrifices its victims only to mourn and adore them when the hour of bestial fanaticism has ceased...
...Britons mourn because they have 'lost $250,000,000 in antique art.' They ought to rejoice because they have gained 250,000,00 modern dollars and use some of that money to develop or revive art in their own country. They have plenty of art left, in museums, and it doesn't matter whether Raphael's Madonna and Child stays in the private house of Lady Desborough, or moves to Millionaire John Snooks' home in America. In either case it is wasted...
...such sentimentalists as mourn the end of wars fought by men and strategy and view with disfavor the advent of chemical gas, motorized armies, and entrenched nations, Jackson must always be a favorite hero...
...Fine Arts has been able to produce? The sketches also struck a responsive chord in me--particularly a small sketch hidden away on page 289, untitled, unadorned. There is no use in going over the whole number in these columns, they suit better their natural habitat. Let the Jester mourn. When he does, we can smile; it is only when he is rioting in mirth that we cannot appreciate him. He has done a good job--let him mourn...