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...Locarno accords will be ratified by every country there represented. No statesman dare take the responsibility before history of dashing from our lips the cup of hope that Locarno has presented!" Continuing amid applause, he concluded, "I . . . hope that the same spirit of mutual understanding and mutual goodwill which prevailed . . . at Locarno may prevail among the powers now meeting at Peking [see CHINA] . . . [and establish] peace as firmly in the East as we hope we are in the course of establishing it in the West...
...President let it be known that he was trying to prevail upon his father to spend the winter at the White House to get out of the chilly drafts in the Vermont hills; furthermore that his father likes to have his name, John C. Coolidge, spelled with the middle "C", to distinguish him from the President's son John...
...still small voice arising from the fireside of every devoted home in the land seeking the things which are eternal. To such a country, to such a cause, the American Legion has dedicated itself. Upon this rock you stand for the service of humanity. Against it no power can prevail...
...turmoil and stress which used to prevail in South Ireland so wrung his Majesty's heart that, but for him, no approach to a truce or settlement would have been possible...
...scientific doctrines. When a truth is once accepted by such a method, it is no longer subject to doubt. Belief is then firmly grounded. Is religion able to stand this test? If so, Dr. Young's fears are groundless. If not, it doesn't matter. Truth will prevail...