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Later he motored to Marshfield, paused before the tomb of Daniel Webster...
...hobby: words. In his spare moments he would seize the Webster dictionary which crowned his desk and therein peruse definitions which he compared with those of the lexicographer, Worcester. This habit bred the rhythm in his conversation "Now Webster says . . . but Worcester maintains...
...true, how could this party have gone through the long years of underground struggle, have made the greatest revolution in the world, have been able to lead the millions and to assist the formation of revolutionary parties in other countries?" Max Eastman, 42, whose father was descended from Daniel Webster, was born in New York State. He was graduated from Williams College in 1905 and subsequently became an associate professor at Columbia University, teaching Philosophy...
...ounces as compared to about 48 for a man's brain. The world's record brain weight, 74 ounces, was that of Turgeniev, Russian writer. There are records of a few 60-ounce brains, and quite a few in the 50's (including Thackeray, Daniel Webster, Napoleon). But more significant than brain weight are the convolutions of the brain - more convolutions mean more surface area, and the brain thinks on its surface...
...William Webster Ellsworth, of New Hartford, Conn., onetime (1913-16) President of the Century Publishing Co., is no close relative of Pole-flying Lincoln Ellsworth (TIME, June 1 et seq., SCIENCE). He does his exploring in U. S. schools. For 30 years he has been mounting school and university rostrums lecturing on topics "from [Playwright] Moliere to [Poet] Edna...