Those first speechless years… – Sunday, July 17, 1960
For parents, for young people, for all of us, we would pursue a few words further, a subject already considered, on example and on early...
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gentleness with firmness – Sunday, July 10, 1960
In some recent weeks we have spoken of home and mothers, of fathers and families, of the need for example, for teaching and for talking...
How much is all this worth?… – Sunday, July 03, 1960
Many years ago, Daniel Webster recalled a question: "How much is all this worth?"1 As to liberty, or the lack of it, whatever the price,...
Children…and the effect of what they feel… – Sunday, June 26, 1960
Last week we cited some lines front John Locke on the theme that fathers are to talk to. Home and fathers and mothers and families,...
Fathers are to talk to… – Sunday – June 19, 1960
There are some wonderful words in our language, words that are inseparably associated: home, mother, father, family—and in our thoughts they are linked in fondest...
It all adds up… – Sunday – June 12, 1960
We have become increasingly aware lately of the so-called exact sciences of mathematical formulas, for example, from which can be forecast the forces of the...
Marriage—and Character – Sunday, June 05, 1960
What we have in our hearts to say today could be said at any time at many times—but we choose to say it in this...
Loved ones gone…and loved ones living… – Sunday, May 29, 1960
"Each departed friend," wrote one eminent observer, "is a magnet that attracts us to the next world."1 It is true that our interest becomes divided,...
Youth—and uncertainties and decisions – Sunday, May 22, 1960
In times of beginnings and endings, a time which has come to be called commencement, young people are faced with many difficult decisions. Decisions are...