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When The Necessary Eleven Days Were Added, George Washington’s Birthday, Which Fell On February 11, 1731, Old Style, Became February 22, 1732, New Style.

Beware Of Charisma . . . Representative Men; Was Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1850 Phrase For The Great Men In A Democracy . . . Is There Some Common Quality Among These Representative Men Who Have Been Most Successful As Our Leaders? I Call It The Need To Be Authentic-or, As Our Dictionaries Tell Us, Conforming To Fact And Therefore Worthy Of Trust, Reliance Or Belief. While The Charismatic Has An Uncanny Outside Source Of Strength, The Authentic Is Strong Because He Is What He Seems To Be.

A Sign Of Celebrity Is That His Name Is Often Worth More Than His Services.

The Cities Of Italy Are Now Deluged With Droves Of These Creatures [tour Groups], For They Never Separate, And You See Them, Forty In Number, Pouring Along A Street With Their Director - Now In Front, Now At The Rear, Circling Them Like A Sheep Dog - And Really The Process Is As Like Herding As May Be.

Climaxing A Movement For Calendar Reform Which Had Been Developing For At Least A Century, In 1582 Pope Gregory Ordained That October 4 Was To Be Followed By October 15.