Uncensored celebrities

Raymond E. T. B. 1872

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• Great Britain
• Biography

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 5
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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THE LIBRARY
OF
THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA
SANTA BARBARA
COLLEGE
PRESENTED BY
Mrs. J. R. Sackridfr
/ 01CELEBRITIESUNGENSOREDUNCENSORED
CELEBRITIES
BY
T. RAYMONDE.
NEW YORK
COMPANYANDHOLTHENRY
1919Printed in Great Britain
All rrights curvedOF CALIFORNIAUNIVFF.STTT
COLLEGE LIBRA*!k UAJWtJAKA\a ,i a^JSTA5
PREFACE
as in all the war hasIn the world, others,political
and thecreated new standards, sketches,following
are to assist thebe,slight though they designed
.of revaluationprocess
Theare not meant for theThey hero-worshipper.
is not discoverableHero as Politician, rare,always
" "
the writer. The Man ofnowjust by present
has still tothe articles thoughnewspaper appear,
three monthshe has been announced everyregularly
ofor so. For the most one canpart only say political
themselves transactedthat havethings they got
certainsomehow. But like thewhile, angry ape,
"
fantastic beforehave trickspoliticians played high
with credit from theothers haveheaven," emerged
and still others have meanttest,supreme exceedingly
well .
In his task of classification the author has paid
to and hasscant attention labels,party always
the wider to the narrower Thepreferred loyalty.
to asked ofmost be anyimportant question public
man at this "Is he a ?"time, good Englishman
cannot be resolved intellectual tests.by purely
" "
used to that he could smell asayJudge Jeffreys
"
certain kind of a mile off." The presentperson
56 PREFACE
no such ofwriter can claim ;delicacy perception yet
to admit that in some doubtfulhe is not ashamed
on his nose.cases he has relied chiefly
the hereone or two/With impressionsexceptions,
inassembled were first Everyman.published