President Masaryh, whose 75th birthday was celebrated last month throughout Czceho-Slovakia, may be accounted the happiest statesman of his ago, having lived to see his dreams come true, and having been able to contribute powerfully to their fulfilment, Son of a Moravian coachman, he became a professor at Prague University in 1882, and it was after his second election to the 'Austrian Heiehsrath that ho' eamc prominently to the front as a bold opponent of the Government policy in Bosnia-Herzegovina and elsewhere. He escaped from Austria in 1915, and became a professor in London, and five years lator, at the ago of 70, was elected first President of Czechoslovakia.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18363, 22 April 1925, Page 5
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