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Show ! ' DK! ELIOT WAS ABSENT-MINDED I Once when there was a vacancy in the Massachusetts ' bishopric Dr. Phillips . Brooks was the most likely candidate. I The dean of the theological school in ' Cambridge, Dr. . Lawrence, during the V ! course of a walk with Dr. Eliot of Har-- vard began a discussion of the eitua-! eitua-! ' tion. "Don't you think Brook will be elect-, elect-, ed?" asked he. . "Well, no." said Dr. Ellor, "a second .or third-rate man would do Just as well. We need Brooks right here in Boston." Phillips Brooks was elected, and a short time thereafter Dr. Eliot and Dr Lawrence were again - talking of the matter. "Aren't you glad Brook was" elect-; elect-; ed?" said the dean. "Tea. I suppose so." " replied the absent-minded Eliot, "if h wanted! It; but to tell the truth, Lawrence,- you were j my man." Woman's Home Companion. |