Hemade a speech to them that night at the Waldorf--where he proposed forthe City College a chair of citizenship, an idea which met with heartyapplause. Then we understood & our hearts broke. otherwise, and in five minutes, the eyes looking at me, I saw that the gray hair was an accident of the most trivial. The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg is one of themightiest sermons against self-righteousness ever preached.
The others have climbed the Rigi, he says, and he expects to some day ifTwichell will come and climb it with him. Barnum, Written by Himself. China never wanted foreigners any more than foreigners wanted Chinamen, and on this question I am with the Boxers every time. Two dreams beset him in his momentary slumber--one of a play in which thetitle-role of the general manager was always unfilled.
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