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