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...number of conversions is a disproportionate result of the money and efforts expended on foreign missions.- (a) Many millions are contributed every year, all over the civilized world, whereas the number of converts is small.- (b) The number of converts yearly is counterbalanced one hundred and eighty-three times by the annual excess among non-christians of births over deaths: Canon Taylor, The Great Missionary Failure, Fortnightly Review, Vol. L (October, 1888).- (c) Most conversions are but temporary-(x) Either they lapse upon departure of the missionary to some other station-(y) Or they help to swell the reports...
College bicycle racing will enter on a new era this spring as a result of the enterprising spirit of the Harvard Cycling Association. This association is going to hold a meeting open to college riders only...
...from the list of regular track events is a step in the right direction. The bicycle races in the annual intercollegiate games have rarely been thoroughly satisfactory. In the first place the track itself, though well adapted for the other races, is almost always unsuited for bicycles and the result is that accidents to wheelmen are frequent. A tract that is intended for bicycle racing should be especially made for that purpose, but a track of this kind would not necessarily be a good one for the other events of an intercollegiate athletic meeting. In the second place this particular...
...June 28, 1762, Catherine II was proclaimed empress. No monarch ever cared so much for contemporary opinion. She carried on correspondences with Voltaire and other great writers, in this way spreading her fame throughout Europe. As a natural result the French had great influence at court; but they lost their power after the time of Napoleon and a distinct Russian influence arose. The empress now became the centre of a circle of poets who celebrated her deeds in verse...
...interests of the United States to prevent acquisition of territory in South America by European powers.- (1) Such acquisition would constitute a danger in time of war.- (a) Establishment of coaling stations and occupation of positions of strategic importance would be a menace.- (2) "Entangling alliances" would necessarily result.- (3) Interest in the Nicaragua Canal should be maintained.- (4) Principal rather than the amount of acquisition is dangerous...