Music & the Spoken Word Library

Accusing Conscience – Sunday, March 30, 1947

We often see men of much promise who move ahead in life so far and then seemingly fail to fulfil their promise. We often see...

Efficiency—to What Purpose – Sunday, March 23, 1947

Sometimes we permit ourselves to assume that everything we call by the same name has the same qualities of character. It is almost as if...

on Improving Others – Sunday, March 16, 1947

Perhaps most of us at times feel a wholesome dissatisfaction with ourselves, but it would seem that we more often feel dissatisfaction and impatience with...

Men Are Alike—and Different – Sunday, March 09, 1947

In dealing with the problems of men there are two approaches that might be made. One is that all men are alike; the other, that...

A Man and His Price – Sunday, March 02, 1947

It is sometimes cynically said that every man has his price—by which it is intended to imply that there is no honor or honesty, no...

Thin Thinking – Sunday, February 23, 1947

The phrase "defense in depth" has often been used as descriptive of a broad and flexible system of multiple strength, as contrasted with a thin...

On Answering Questions – Sunday, February 16, 1947

Perhaps all of us have been embarrassed when we have been asked questions we could not answer. But we need not be, necessarily, because anyone...

Some Hazards of Rationalization – Sunday, February 09, 1947

Truth and facts can be very stubborn and inconvenient at times. And with all of us, there are perhaps some things we wish were true...

“Thou Shalt” and “Thou Shalt Not” – Sunday, February 02, 1947

Often quoted, and ascribed to various sources, is this doubtful declaration: "I don't care what you say about me so long as you mention my...