The Independent . nd the country losesa valuable citizen. His grasp ofpublic questions and his ability tothink true, combined with a gentlenessand thoughtfulness both of speech andmanner named him a delightful com-panion and a welcome and helpfulmember of many important Marburg Former Minister to Belgium, One of the Found-ers of the League to Enforce Peace AFFECTIONATE friendship shakesthe foundation of the most firmlybuilded philosophy when the objectof that friendship is suddenly removedfrom the midst of close held and activeassociation. Our philosophy is not quiteequal to th
The Independent . nd the country losesa valuable citizen. His grasp ofpublic questions and his ability tothink true, combined with a gentlenessand thoughtfulness both of speech andmanner named him a delightful com-panion and a welcome and helpfulmember of many important Marburg Former Minister to Belgium, One of the Found-ers of the League to Enforce Peace AFFECTIONATE friendship shakesthe foundation of the most firmlybuilded philosophy when the objectof that friendship is suddenly removedfrom the midst of close held and activeassociation. Our philosophy is not quiteequal to the task of meeting unmovedand dry-eyed the recurrence of lifescommonest phenomenon. The one thingwhich reconciles us is the thought thathe that has gone, as our friend How-land has gone, justified in many un- wtlliam bailey howland andwilliam bailey howland. 2d WILLIAM B. HOWLAND was myfriend. In fact, I looked uponhim as a chum, and that meansa beloved friend. We were always con-genial and of similar tastes. These. MR. HOWLAND ON THE STEPS OF THEWHITE HOUSE 445 446 THE INDEPENDENT March 12, 1917 selfish, constructiveworks his right tohave lived, to havebeen loved, and hispassing to be A. Stewart Chairman of the Execu-tive Committee of theAmerican Peace Cen-tenary Committee THE death ofWilliam o w 1 a n dbrings deep n d irreparableloss to many move-ments to which hegave so generously?of his initiativeand energy for twodecades. He hasbeen one of themost influentialleaders of publicopinion in As a trustee ofChautauqua Insti-tution he was en-thusiastic, far-see-ing and every goodcause found in himan able E. Bestor President ofChautauqua Institution
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