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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that her literary knowledge is widespread and that she is a very earnest reader of a great many interesting papers, but just why a lady of this sort should include Punch in her literary pursuits is beyond my comprehension, as her letter conveys very clearly that she is a person absolutely devoid of a sense of humor. I only hope that your correspondent is not endeavoring to enter the arena as a propagandist and bring any misunderstanding between the good feeling of this country and the good feeling of that country of which the Prince of Wales will in years...
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Secretary Kellogg's document is that it is written in the first person with that kindly conceit which is so effective for successful diplomacy. For example, he writes at the beginning: "The Tacna-Arica controversy has engaged my closest attention ever since I assumed the duties of Secretary of State. All of my predecessors in this office during the past 40 years have followed with the deepest interest the varying phases of the problem, and several Secretaries, especially my immediate predecessor, Mr. Hughes, have been intimately concerned, as I have been, with...
...with Mr. Fox, Mr. Field, and Miss Breckinridge particularly. They have kept me informed of the fine purpose that has been kept steadily in view and the generous enthusiasm which I feel confident will continue to supply the necessary motive power to make the movement a success. An older person can hardly read this program without being impressed by the knowledge of the situation in higher education that exists in the United States today and by the good judgment shown in the selection of topics upon which you might justly expect to have an influence in bringing about reforms...
...What did he have to do with King? Of course, such examples portray the absence of that minimum of labor and keenness that should typity a reporter. But more, they could not have been made by one with some conception of judicial procedure and current events. To such a person, with only the elements of a technical training, the account would have smacked more of adventures in a Lewis Carroll wonderland than of something real and vital in this little world of ours. --J. M. Landis...
Samuel Meeks stood in the sun-light in front of the courthouse steps. Alice was right-he married her to be kept, but. . . you got to like a person. Buckwheat cakes, with the brown bacon beside them; nights when the windows rattled so you could not sleep, thinking how good it was to be warm. Sadness flooded him. He felt an immense, searching pity for himself, homeless, a wanderer...