Little Brass Nails – Sunday, September 27, 1959
Perhaps all of us pursue some things which, after we acquire them, seem somewhat shallow or shoddy or at least unessential. And then we wonder...
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At summer’s end… – Sunday, September 20, 1959
The passing of any season is somewhat sobering, or any day, or any period of the past. When a season begins, when a day begins,...
The quality of idleness – Sunday, September 13, 1959
We closed last week with a quoted comment that “the outlook for our country lies in the quality of its idleness. . . .”1 To...
The will to work—and enjoy it – Sunday, September 06, 1959
These words of dedication from a grateful author currently appear in print: "To my own mother and father and to all parents like them, who...
The chasms that keep us from understanding – Sunday, August 30, 1959
These recent weeks we have considered happiness and. ignorance and understanding: the need for understanding facts and places, and people—perhaps especially people, for we so...
On knowing the truth – Sunday, August 23, 1959
Last week we referred to the fallacy of the old adage that “ignorance is bliss”—and to the need for understanding. Now to turn for a...
The ignorance that shuts out understanding – Sunday, August 16, 1959
We spoke last week of happiness, of discontent, and of the problem of comparisons, and cited this two-century-old sentence: "If one only wished to be...
Happiness—and the paradox of comparison – Sunday, August 09, 1959
A sentence written some two or more centuries ago is significant in the search for the happiness that all of us so much seek. “If...
Our need of others—always – Sunday, July 26, 1959
Last week we cited a sentence from Sir Richard Livingstone that "the young, whether they know it or not, live on borrowed property,"1 and observed...