Ivins, William M., prominent New York lawyer and politician.
Kahn, Otto H., banker and publicist, is a member of the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb and Company, a director of the Union Pacific Railroad, and the Morristown Trust Company. He is a profound student of and writer upon financial affairs.
Lecky, William E. H., an Irish historian and publicist who died in 1903, became famous at the age of twenty-seven with the publication of his “History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism.” He was a member of Parliament for Dublin in 1895 and re-elected in 1900. He declined the offer of Regius professorship of History at Oxford in order to devote himself to public life. “Democracy and Liberty,” published in 1896, and here quoted from, is used as a reference book in all the large universities in the United States.
Lewis, Sir George Cornwall, British lawyer, editor and statesman; Chancellor of the Exchecquer; celebrated author; wrote (1849) “Influence of Authority on Matters of Opinion” here quoted, and other learned works.
Lewis, Lawrence, American newspaper and magazine writer.
Lippman, Walter, American author and publicist; associate editor of New Republic, and frequent contributor to magazines.
Low, A. Maurice, British and American author and journalist.
Moss, Frank, New York lawyer; former president Board of Police, New York City; author.
Morse, John T., lawyer, editor and author of several biographies, including “Life of John Quincy Adams,” quoted in this volume.
Mill, John Stuart, was an English philosopher and economist and one of the greatest English prose writers of the nineteenth century. Author of works on Logic, Political Economy and Utilitarianism; wrote “Representative Government,” quoted in this volume; “Liberty,” “Subjection of Woman,” etc. He served in Parliament for several years. From 1835 to 1840 he was editor and part owner of the London Westminster Review.