Life — January 12, 1905 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 42 **Top Section ("Going for Professor Wendell"):** The illustration caricatures Professor Barrett Wendell, a prominent American literature lecturer at Harvard. The text criticizes his effectiveness as an educator, noting he's well-known but questions whether his fame translates to actual teaching ability. The piece humorously suggests the Springfield *Republican* newspaper found him overrated, implying his literary judgments aren't universally accepted and that he may be better suited to writing about literature than teaching it. **Bottom Section ("Again in Stocks"):** This cartoon satirizes Wall Street speculation and stock market gambling. It depicts investors as foolish animals (appearing ape-like) trading stocks recklessly. The text criticizes public participation in speculative markets, suggesting ordinary people lose money attempting to beat professional manipulators, comparing them to sheep being fleeced.