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In A Large University, There Are As Many Deans And Executive Heads As There Are Schools And Departments. Their Relations To One Another Are Intricate And Periodic; In Fact, "galaxy" Is Too Loose A Term: It Is A Planetarium Of Deans With The President Of The University As A Central Sun. One Can See Eclipses, Inner Systems, And Oppositions.

The Ascetic Is Often A Sensualist Who Has Reached The Limit Of His Capacity.

Strangers Who Have Seen Shaw Face To Face Are Wont To Report Their Surprise At His Gentleness And Consideration, His Willingness To Listen And His Complete Lack Of Pose.

Among The Words That Can Be All Things To All Men, The Word "race" Has A Fair Claim To Being The Most Common, Most Ambiguous And Most Explosive. No One Today Would Deny That It Is One Of The Great Catchwords About Which Ink And Blood Are Spilled In Reckless Quantities. Yet No Agreement Seems To Exist About What Race Means.

Only A Great Mind That Is Overthrown Yields Tragedy