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"There is no saying how Kinglake's history might have otherwise
read had not a round shot put a premature end to Korniloff's
career at the Malakoff whence M'Mahon was to send his famous
message, 'J'y, j'reste.'"--_Manchester Evening Chronicle._

There is no saying how anybody's history will read if time-honoured
sayings may be treated like this.

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"We are inclined to attribute the form as well as the substance
of the Note to the aloofness from the practical affairs of the
outside world which seems to exist in the Vatican."--_Times._

The POPE may or may not be behind the times, but as our contemporary
signed the Papal Peace Note, "BENEDICTUS XVI." it is plain that _The
Times_ is ahead of the POPE.

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Extract from a letter recently received by a manufacturing firm:--

"We are pleased to be able to inform you that we have seen the
Munitions Area delusion officer at ----, and he has informed us
that he would not hesitate to grant Protection Certificates for
these men."

We sympathise too much with Labour to care to see it labouring under a