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  2. Old Age and Long Life: A Medico's Commentary

    "THERE IS BEAUTY IN SERENE OLD AGE," THE POET SANG, BUT HE SANG ironically. Kenneth Walker would say it straight. His "Commentary on Age" (Cape; Australian price, 21) is a discussion of the physical, mental and social problems of an increasing percentage of modern populations. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 901 words
  3. ROMANCE of TEXAS CAPITAL

    IN 1834, WHEN GENERAL SAM HOUSTON WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF the Republic of Texas, he made prompt arrangements to shift his capital from the struggling frontier post of Austin to his own home town of Houston. Whether he was merely homesick or wanted to ensure his continuance in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,320 words
  4. Science Foretells a Sombre Future

    YESTERDAY--FOR ALL OUR SUPERIOR SOPHISTICATION--we had seemed no closer to foreseeing the future than the Grecian suppliant before the shrine Delphi, the Roman Augur elbow deep in ox's ...

    Article : 1,025 words
  5. POLITICS AND CYNICISM

    ARISTOTLE, THE CELEBRATED GREEK PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTIST-literary critic, died in the year 322 B.C. and it is therefore improbable that he ever came to Australia. It is surprising, in view of the passionate exploration of remote improbabilities which such things evoke ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,092 words
  6. Masterpiece of Match-Making EPIC OF PENDANTS AND PALACES

    THE DEEP-VOICED, HAWK-NOSED DOWAGER DUCHESS OF SAXE-COBURG is as excited as a school girl. As the summer of 1819 had dawned over Europe a granddaughter had been born to her ...

    Article : 764 words
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