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...Illiterates Are Legion." In the Social Democratic Rebirth Weekly, Writer Tu Jen feared that his countrymen lacked political intelligence: "When I look closely into realities, I feel that the forthcoming elections are but a beautiful dream. . . . Illiterates are legion. . . . Those who understand what democratic government is are indeed very...
...stationery of the Harvard Crimson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt wrote to his mother: "I know what pain I must have caused you and you know I wouldn't do it if I really could have helped it-mais tu sais, me voilà! That's all that could be said. I know my mind, have known it for a long time, and know that I would never think otherwise. Result: I am the happiest man just now in the world; likewise the luckiest. And for you, dear Mummy, you know that nothing can ever change what we have always...
...Tu Es Virgo Maria." It was finally proved that, without additional expense, the clock simply could not be put anywhere but in its old place. The leftists had a small triumph, however; the Communist workers of a nearby glass factory supplied a clockface free of charge. "After all," said the leftists, "it is the face of the clock that people will see, and then they will think...
...Rome), who overfilled every available craft. The sun was setting in a fresh westerly breeze as the boats, hung with bunting, sailed out between the piers. On the leading boat stood the statue of the Virgin, one foot holding down the head of a sea serpent, above the inscription: "Tu es Virgo Maria, portus sahitis, marls stella" (Thou art the Virgin Mary, haven of safety, star of the sea). Catholic fishermen sailed their craft daringly, crashing the gunwales under the foam to prove to the leftist onlookers that with the Madonna in the leading boat nothing could happen to them...
...Manchuria, the Government's hold was weaker than at any time in the 19 months since General Tu Yu-ming's troops recovered control from the Japanese. General Tu still held Mukden and Changchun (the capital), but the Communists camped on his line of communication with the south. Manchuria's great seacoast city of Dairen was still in Russian hands. There was little chance that General Tu could take Dairen if Russia did leave. General Tu's men were busy digging trenches and even medieval moats around the cities they still held, not looking for more...