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...above Author Romains' average. Men Of Good Will is not a straightforward narrative embracing many characters and telling a consecutive story. Its hero is modern society as a whole, so that characters are introduced who seem to have no connection with each other, drop out of sight and reappear according to no apparent plan. The first volume, beginning in Paris in 1908, introduced Quinette, a murderer, Gurau, a radical deputy, Wazemmes, a sign painter's apprentice; their stories, appearing in alternate chapters, seemed to be related only in being laid in Paris at the same period. Later volumes...
Most of the characters who have appeared to date reappear briefly on the eve of war: Wazemmes has become a monarchist; the munitions maker is mixed up with a sadistic woman doctor; the young scientist has begun to make a name for himself; Gurau has refused the post of Foreign Minister; Quinette is planning another murder...
...king is dead. Long live the king. Mr. Sutherland was a fine judge, a fine judge. Now he can retire to a farm somewhere to reappear at intervals in the rotogravure. For we're going to have a new judge, goody-goody, and I wonder who it will...
Many basic problems are left unsettled, may grow to monstrous size and reappear in the same industry in the next six months, and are almost certain to be raised elsewhere. First, can a minority group of perhaps ten or fifteen percent force a much greater group of satisfied employees out of work? Secondly, is it possible for this striking group to use as its weapon the illegal occupation of plants? Thirdly, can unions continue to have what Mr. Justice Brandeis called "practical immunity from legal liability," can they stave of, even in such instances as the present, incorporation...
Today is the last chance to see the insignia of the University, including the college charter keys, seal, and first book of records. These are shown only at ceremonial occasions, and will be returned to the archives tonight, not to reappear until Commencement next June...