Views of Readers on Proteus Sonnet from Sea Experts
In the New York Times Saturday Review of Books readers debate the sea in the sonnet Proteus. G. R. Bishop is urged to spend time by the coast to understand Oceanus as varied in mood from laughter to rage. Letters from Ocean Grove New Jersey and Brooklyn follow with cautions about misinterpretation and tone.
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Clergyman and Press Clash In Letter from Royle Thurston
In a August 22 letter from New York Royle Thurston defends newspaper men against a clergyman's charges. He argues that reporters are human and capable of error and questions whether villains are better portrayed as clergy than as journalists. He calls for a counter punch on behalf of the press.
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Reader protests clergy and villain stereotypes in novels
The letter argues against vilifying ministers and newspaper men as villains. It defends both professions as noble yet flawed and criticizes the notion that only a newspaper man or a theatrical man can be a villain, noting personal experience with hypocritical clergy and newspaper colleagues.
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Clergyman Critique of The Woman Pays Provokes Author’s Reply
Frederic P. Ladd defends his novel The Woman Pays against clergy critics. He argues morality in the pulpit varies by individual, cites Rev. Harry Arthur Leslie as a flawed example, and expresses respect for respectable clergy while rejecting censorship.
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Poets and Critics See Value in Ward Howe Hymn
A. A. McGinley from New York argues that Ward Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic conveys deep religious and poetic sentiment beyond literal interpretation. He asserts familiarity with biblical and world literature is needed to grasp the hymn's sense and grandeur, criticizing those who insist on strict literal meaning.
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Modesty of President Cleveland in Not Allowing Speeches
A reader recalls the 1901 compilation Forensic Declamations and matches the New York Times review on Cleveland’s reluctance to let speeches appear in The World’s Famous Orations. The note parallels editorial challenges with selecting eloquent passages for a public collection.
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Cleveland’s Reply Denies Inclusion in School Textbook
A letter from Grover Cleveland dated February 5 1901 declines selecting a speech for a proposed public high school college reader noting that he does not think his words belong in a book of eloquence. The author A Howry Espenshade of State College Pennsylvania recalls similar unanswered requests to other public figures.
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Simplified Esperanto Debate Unearths Lingual Power Struggles
The New York Esperanto Society president critiques Dr. Zamenhof and the influence of a controlling ring of orthodox Esperantists and commercial interests. Reform proposals face crucibles of authority, with figures like Otto Jespersen cited and claims that new terms lengthen words.
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Language Debate Flags Shorter Esperanto Over English
The piece notes Esperanto's brevity compared with English, citing that despite some longer words the overall word balance favors the reform language. It references a Roosevelt connection and a New York Times review noting his admiration for a unity of humanity and belief in earnest efforts for racial salvation.
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National Hymn on the Song “Columbia the Gem of the Ocean”
Parette H. Oppenheimer of New York argues that Columbia the Gem of the Ocean should be adopted as a national hymn. He says its stirring words and music would honor loyalty to the flag and wonders why the suggestion has not been acted on.
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