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...Presbyterians remember in considering Dr. Walker's pronouncements: 1) that the intellectual qualifications for entrance into the Presbyterian clergy are higher than those of many another church; 2) Presbyterians are proud of their traditionally (Scotch) sturdy individualism. Both points are illustrated in this case. Dr. Walker exhibited no Stratonian looseness; he made out a good case on a high plane. Nevertheless, Presbyterians will not all follow him sheeplike. Thus, three famed Presbyterians had already declared for Nominee Smith: Edward Stephen Harkness, Arthur Curtiss James, among the richest Presbyterians in the U. S., and Dr. Henry Van Dyke, Princeton pundit, Presbyterian...
...public show. He wrote: "The answer to my request to appear in your church before your parishioners ... is yes or no." Pulpiteer Straton answered: "Emphatically and unchangeably yes." But he meant "no," he would not debate in his church. And the incident was closed with a few parting, typically Stratonian epithets: "Bluffer . . . Tammany trickster . . . coward...
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