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...Twixt optimist and pessimist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Optimists | 7/18/1927 | See Source »

...optimist a doughnut sees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Optimists | 7/18/1927 | See Source »

...optimist is a jackass who hopes his ears don't show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Optimists | 7/18/1927 | See Source »

...sight appear to shine like a good omen in a world of unweaned radicals. But examination proves it to be no more than a tardy sanity. "No more Reforms" signifies nothing, since reforms in the best sense result only from a desire to remove evils, and even the cheeriest optimist cannot hope to forestall all corruptions. The News' resolve to avoid platforms is praiseworthy, only because such platforms are usually a collection of meaningless sentences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BETTER PART OF VALOR | 2/11/1927 | See Source »

...Perhaps the most pleasant feature of the book is the simple, Honest manner in which the subject is approached and discussed. Congressman Luce is not a blind optimist but neither is he a pessimist. Therefore his opinions are of genuine value."--Cleveland Topics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LATEST HARVARD BOOKS | 11/15/1926 | See Source »

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