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...note books are in pencil and give a brief and fragmentary account of this trip which resulted in his writing the "Heart of Darkness". The journey up the African river is a significant incident in the life of the great Polish novelist in other respects also. As the story goes, Conrad as a small boy pointed to the dark area on a map of Africa and said, "Some day I will go there." At the time he made the trip, Conrad was still a sailing captain, and had yet to write his first novel. The journey so weakened his health...
...Many a pencil raced as Ambassador Moore cheerfully expressed his opinions on a variety of subjects...
What child is not, at one time or another, regarded as a prodigy? Let any baby spend an hour taking a twelve-jeweled watch apart, and no parent can fail to perceive in him the seed of potential engineering genius; let him draw in pencil on the nursery wall and his mother-unless she be crass indeed-will recognize that his painting may some day amaze the world. Thus every U. S. home has its potential Mozart. But a year ago, to a startled public, was revealed the most extraordinary prodigy of them all-Nathalia Crane, 11-year-old poet...
Women are often amusing conversationalists, particularly when stimulated by a masculine audience or by the fact that they are wearing new hats. But if the badinage across a tea-table were carried on in black and white; if ivory tablets were provided for the composition of mots in pencil, would the written small-talk charm? Would it scintillate and glitter? No, thought the editors of the Harvard Crimson (undergraduate daily). To test the well-known fact that a woman's wit is quenched by the sight of a sheet of paper like a candle by a wet snuffer, they...
While the pencil sharpeners were bustling about in preparation, no one seemed to give a thought M. Quinones de Leon. It was noted by the bustling clerks at the Secretariat that the Liberian minister at Paris had addressed a note to the League conveying his nation's adherence to the recent Arms Control convention and strongly emphasizing that Liberia was a sovereign and independent republic. It was noted that Angora had designated Rushdi Bey, Turkish Foreign Minister to attend the Councils meeting and do battle for Turkeys side of the Mosul question. It was even noted that William Slocum...