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That statement was voiced by the Mother Church's incoming president, Mrs. Elizabeth Cadwell Tomlinson. Daughter of Americus Vespucius Tilton Cadwell, she was born in Wisconsin some 60 years ago, went to Boston where she met and married a Christian Science Church trustee. Rev. Irving Clinton Tomlinson, now 76. Grey and radiant, Mrs. Tomlinson has performed many a "remarkable healing," still maintains a Christian Science practitioner's office in Boston's Back...
...Tarlac, Philippine Islands, one Colonel Wolfson visited a high school, was invited to examine the pupils. Said he: "I will give a peso (50 cents) to any one who can memorize my full name in 15 minutes." He then took chalk, wrote on the blackboard: Josephus Adolphus Americus Vespucius Leonidus Wol-sicanius Alexandricus Naptalicus Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Wolfson, read amazement on the students' faces, left the room. In 15 minutes, he returned, collected papers. Out of 33 who tried, 23 had memorized his name perfectly...
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