Just for the sake of historical accuracy, it should be noted that the = 
famous "sifting and winnowing" phrase to which Barkley refers was not = 
written by Richard T. Ely. The phrase appeared at the end of the report = 
written by the special committee of the state board of education that = 
heard the case against Ely in 1894. 
  
There is a nice picture of the plaque that contains the phrase at: 
  
http://www.secfac.wisc.edu/SiftAndWinnow.htm  
  
For many years, it was not clear who had written the phrase. In the = 
1940's, shortly before his death, several people wrote to Ely to ask who = 
the author was and he reported that it was Charles K. Adams, who had = 
been the president of the University of Wisconsin at the time. A = 
photograph of Ely's letter identifying the author can be viewed at:  
  
http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/WIReader/Images/WER1035-3.html 
  
Bradley Bateman