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...Nineteenth century British liberals agreed more often than not with free-thinking John Thelwall, who blew the froth off his beer and said: "So would I treat all kings." The majority of 20th century Socialists are more apt to raise their pints in ancient and loyal homage. The change has come about because British monarchs, since Victoria, have learned to express and affect what modern men call "the aspirations of the collective subconscious." Historian Walter Bagehot thought a better name was "magic," and held that too much light should not be let in on it. For the heart...
...year rowing industry. When the crew returns from lumber mills and yacht clubs in September, it removes the 18 long, slim shells from the racks and rows every day until ice forms on the river. Then the Oriental barn becomes home for both boats and crew, like a nineteenth century factory--producing "oarsmen." Machines upstairs fashion rowing muscles as the crew-men pull on bars which resist their efforts like water opposing the motion of an oar. The crew is polished down-stairs in the "tank," a ramp outfitted with regulation oars and seats, surrounded by water. Each rower pulls...
...half course in the fall on "Italian Painting of the Fifteenth Century." A course on Japanese art will also be given in the fall. Fine Arts 170, formerly a half course, has been expanded to 170a and 170b, two half courses. The first half is "Art of the Nineteenth Century" and the second "Art of the Twentieth Century...
With all its intricacy, the plot is a standard period vehicle for Oscar Wilde's epigrammatic dialogue and the abilities of the actors. One absurd climax follows another in the fantastic style of the nineteenth century. Fortunately, however, the lines have been spared any tempering, and are as fresh today as they were sixty years...
...note that Mr. Boudin, whose letter concerning testimony before Congressional bodies appeared in your issue of the nineteenth, quotes a few lines from an article written by Professor Chafee in the Kansas Law Review some time...