What will it do to the man? – Sunday, March 01, 1959
Whenever policies or products or principles, or actions or attitudes were under consideration, a certain thoughtful observer often asked this challenging, this compelling question: "What...
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Words from George Washington – Sunday, February 22, 1959
A very important part of our heritage is the lessons other men have learned and left us. The principles, the experience of prophets, of patriots...
Whoso neglects learning in his youth… – Sunday, February 15, 1959
In some thoughtful lines on life, Samuel Johnson said: "Reflect that life, like every other blessing, derives its value from its use alone."1
The torment of intentions…- Sunday, February 08, 1959
We have talked before of beginning to be what we want to be, and of the uneasy feelings that linger inside ourselves when we leave...
The total hours of time… – Sunday, February 01, 1959
In a writing of half a century or so ago, Arnold Bennett said: “Philosophers have explained space. They have not explained time. It is the...
Reading – and character and wisdom – Sunday, January 25, 1959
Seldom in life do we find ourselves living or working under ideal conditions. There are delays and distractions. There are times of waiting—waiting for people,...
…out of the best books… – Sunday, January 18, 1959
Today we should like to turn to the rich rewards of reading—not reading merely for the purpose of passing time, but for the purpose of...
Concerning inner resources… – Sunday, January 11, 1959
Because so much is done for so many of us, both by men and machines, because we have become accustomed to so much service, the...
The choice of every hour – Sunday, January 04, 1959
One of the easiest answers to anything we don't want to do, is to say we don't have time. Sometimes this is true. Sometimes it...