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...great pit of the House of Representatives in the Capitol at Washington, on the first day of October there will assemble a strange polyglot agglomeration of men whom the peoples of the teeming earth have chosen to regulate their liberties and decree their tabus?the Interparliamentary Union. Gatherings of diplomats from half the countries of the world are fairly common, and assemblages of executive heads, premiers, dictators and Presidents are not unknown. But the lawmakers of the world generally remain in a magnificent isolation from international contacts. The Interparliamentary Union is the great exception. In Paris...
...there be light.' " The words stood for the keynote of the Institute's month of sessions to follow. Whereas the past four Institutes had examined past and present, now the future was to be scrutinized, predicted, perhaps shaped, through candid interchange of aims and beliefs in a polyglot gathering, wherein at least a portion of the 232 men of theory were men of action as well. Lionel Curtis, editor of The Round Table (London), led off for the visiting speakers with a concrete proposal for speedy mobilization of the opinions of nations on issues of international import...
...Unafraid that they would generalize their subject into thin air, they deployed last week in polyglot platoons to discuss international teaching of History ("banish war heroics"), Civics and Geography; establishment of standard courses, in the normal schools of all countries, on Internationalism; establishment of a world university and a universal library service; agreement upon a reciprocal arrangement concerning university degrees and credits, whereby students could migrate from one university to those of other countries without interrupting their studies...
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...Significance. War being an irrational thing, its aftermath verges on insanity. An analytical person, particularly a racial polyglot, can cope with the welter of causes and patriotisms only by adopting a sportive fatalism. Author Gerhardi's minor characters develop this sociological thesis on a very high plane of comedy. The major characters, who dwell on the border line of high tragedy, give a more intimate demonstration of the same philosophy...