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...training than the American, but because he is blessed with a peculiar psychology which enables him to look on sport as sport and not as a grind. The Oxford or Cambridge 'hearty' talks rowing, thinks it and, in fact, lives for nothing else. At this point I might refer to what we would consider a most inefficient method of selecting and developing a crew. In the early fall at Oxford the president of each college boat club nominates whom he considers the two best oarsmen in his club, the coaches nominate other men whom they consider promising and from this...
...good businessman. Ask the writers of the article to clean the spiderwebs from their minds by reading a little about Benedict Spinoza, or, if they have not the leisure (or the intelligence) and if they have any faith in the judgment of the great contemporary philosophy slogan-maker, refer them to this sentence in The Story of Philosophy: "Nietzsche says somewhere that the last Christian died upon the cross. He had forgotten Spinoza...
...edification of yourself and the readers of TIME I respectfully refer you to Guy de Maupassant's short story "Mademoiselle Fifi," wherein you may learn of the characteristic difference between Jewish and non-Jewish filles de joie. Which may also explain why Princes of Royal Nordic descent prefer Jewesses...
...TIME, Feb. 21, reference "Mr. Ford's Week," I note you refer to Edison's birthday party at West Orange, N. J. All other papers and magazines give it as Orange, N. J., which is not right...
...believe your correspondent refers to John A. Brashear, distinguished astronomer and scientist, who died April 8, 1920, at Pittsburgh, Pa. A year prior to his death, he was voted the most useful citizen of Pennsylvania. Refer to any encyclopedia for further information concerning Dr. Brashear.* Prior to the death of Dr. Brashear, it was considered that no banquet was complete without having on its roster one of the three prominent J. B's of Pittsburgh: James Francis Burke, famed Pittsburgh lawyer, Judge Buffington of the Circuit Court of Appeals, and Uncle John Brashear, as he was affectionately known...