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...year, presumably September, has become the most important spot in the world, or at any rate important enough to warrant the strict attention of all civilized mankind, including both supporters and opponents of the League. To this ancient town every fall flock from all parts of the the globe statesmen, politicians who are not statesmen, journalists, authors, students, and sight-seers. As a spectacle alone this varied gathering is well worth looking at. But for anyone who is something more than a gaping tourist Geneva in September is far more than just another great sight. It offers a broad...
...Heroes, statesmen, scientists crowned with honors, are exalted by the lofty shafts of monuments. Even so on Cardiff Hill, at Hannibal, Mo., will be raised a shaft to crown the honors of the heroic gemini-Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn...
...whole, seems content to do so. Even the Radicals have said: "Better the Directory than a Romanones Ministry." * Moroccan Foot. In the pristine pride of its advent to power, the Directory was firmly convinced that it could batter the turbulent Riffs into submission. Consequently, it handled the statesmen and politicians in cavalier fashion, refusing haughtily all offers of help. "We shall meet again in Morocco," was the grim retort of ex-Premier Count Romanones, the Liberal leader. Subsequent events thoroughly disillusioned General Rivera and his colleagues. The Riffs proved stronger than was supposed; but General Rivera is at least...
...just returned from Africa, President Roosevelt spoke at the Berry School, told how Miss Berry had gone to him at the White House to get introductions to philanthropists: "When Miss Berry turned up ... there were a good many statesmen in the room with her. I looked at the letter of introduction, then glanced at the pamphlet; then I saw Miss Berry at once, and when they tried to interrupt me, I said: 'Let them wait...
...Frank says, "a state must contrive to harness both the power of the government and the knowledge of the university, if it is to achieve 'the good life' for its citizens." The state university as a leader, can do much by training "unofficial statesmen", but the people who are the flesh and fibre of the state, can do much more by electing to public office men whose ears are open to the voice of learning...