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... [/‘lt is irritating,” says Mrs. Humphry in “Truth,” “to observe symptoms ol superlative excellence in anybody.”] I note with pained surprise, When meeting quondam friend*. How anger flashes from their eyes. As if my view offends. And many whom I used to see With heartfelt glee Now bring gloom. If influenza’s germ Ostensibly bore, To render giant strength infirm. Men could not shun more. Nor ...

... THE POLICY OF THE OPEN DOOR. Sufficient reason why England should be , Imperialist in the policy is fouud in the [recent speech by Mr Chamberlain at Wolver- hampton. It is a question of life or death. We have to be Imperialist, or perish. We have to be Imperialist in the sense of pre- serving our vast Empire all over the world from the encroachments and aggressions of envious and intriguing ...