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Liberal: "Sooner than keep to the paths of sane and careful government, in which the Liberals were ready and willing to support him. the Prime Minister has chosen to appeal to the country. Like Mr. Baldwin, a year ago, he yielded to the hotheads in his Party, who prefer to stake all upon an election rather than forego their cherished nostrum of Socialism in the one case and of Protection in the other...
...prefer to think, however, that he was merely unfortunate in his choice of illustrations for of course his point is clear enough. Pedantry is not the criterion of education...
Hopper holds his audiences in a way that is given only to geniuses. Which is to say that there are a great many people, and the Playgoer is one of them, who would prefer a play that tastes like day before yesterday's milk, provided De Wolf Hopper is in it, to the latest "Hit from Broadway". But it is speaking disrespectfully of things venerable to put "Wang" in such a class. In spite of its one-cylinder action its songs are often charming. And he would be a critical man who would not consider an evening well spent just...
...When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read: 'As men are created equal except Negroes and foreigners and Catholics.' When it comes to this, I shall prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty-to Russia, for instance, where depotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy. "Your friend forever, "ABRAHAM LINCOLN...
...friendship between the two nations, of old date in spite of passing differences, and we have not forgotten that we had England's sympathy during our time of struggle." There has been a U. S. offer to defray all expenses but both the English and Italian committees prefer that these be met by spontaneous contribution from rich and poor alike of the two countries principally concerned. The marble will be the joint gift of the owners of the quarries. Although the project calls for a statue that will be the most colossal ever carved of marble, the dominant characteristic...