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Title: Sir Benjamin Stone's pictures; records of national life and history reproduced from the collection of photographs made by Sir Benjamin Stone, M.P
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Stone, John Benjamin, Sir, 1838-1914 MacDonagh, Michael, 1862-1946
Subjects: Great Britain. Parliament Statesmen
Publisher: London : Cassell
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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istics of Mr.Wanamaker in his interesting face. They are unmis-takable. Here, surely, are faith in self, indomitablewill, self-control that is absolute and unshakable, andwith them the kindliness, the charity, the surrender,which religious fervour imparts. At the age of fomteen he was an errand boy. Heis now one of the richest men in the world. Thelargest business in America, that of Wanamaker andBrown, retail clothing salesmen—with its headquartersin Philadelphia, and branch stores throughout theStates—owes its extent and prosperity to his industry,enterprise, and powers of organisation. He is also anactive politician, and from 1881 to 1893 was Postmaster-General of the United States. But Mr. Wanamaker does not confine his energiesto the fields of business and politics. He is one ofthe great lay religious forces of the United States.He founded the largest religious organisation in thecomitry, the Bethany Sunday School movement of thePresbyterian Church, and still superintends it.
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SirJmngiqiiiSboqBstkg f, §m.i ^;%44^ fH^^i iV GROUP OF PEERS ANDCOMMONERS. In the popular faucy, fed on fabulous novelettes dealingwith high-born society, the Peers are glittering beings,always clad in magnificent robes, and each with a goldencoronet, flashing with jewels, upon his brow. The Lordsattending to their legislative duties wear sober suits ofcustomary black or grey, just like the Commoners; andwhen a Joint Committee of both Houses sit togetherfor the consideration of a Bill, or a gi-oup of Peers andM.P.s are photographed on the Ten-ace,* there isnothing to distinguish—not even the strawberry mark orits absence—the hereditary legislators from the elected. But what a contrast there is between the twoChambers in Session. The House of Commons is aresponsive, emotional, and boisterous assembly. Partystatements are punctuated wdth roars of approbation orvehement dissenting retorts. The atmosphere of the House of Lords, on theother hand, is always calm and serene. Oftentimest

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