The Spirit of Getting By – Sunday, March 14, 1954
There is a spirit that blights and shrivels the human soul whenever it remains unchallenged and unchecked. For want of better words, perhaps it could...
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The Duty of Being Happy – Sunday, March 07, 1954
“There is no duty,” wrote Robert Louis Stevenson, “we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.” We think of happiness as being deeply...
The Sound is Silenced – Sunday, February 28, 1954
Sometimes there are sounds which at first we are only vaguely aware of, intrusive, insistent sounds that are all around us, but which don't quite...
If Washington were here – Sunday, February 21, 1954
On the surface it might seem that we today have few of the problems of Valley Forge, and that they had few, if any, of...
A Legacy of Experience – Sunday, February 14, 1954
There sometimes seems to be a disposition to assume that the lessons which another generation has learned somehow don't apply to the present. And seemingly...
Sitting this one out – Sunday, February 07, 1954
We sometimes hear something said about "sitting this one out." It is all right to sit out some things, but it is tragic to sit...
From Where We Are – Sunday, January 31, 1954
Scarcely does it seem possible, but a twelfth part of the year has already past. More suddenly and sooner than we suppose it will be...
On the Fringe – Sunday, January 24, 1954
In thumbing through some commonplace words, we find the word fringe—and we find it thus in part defined, as “an ornamental border…” or “something resembling a...
Beyond the Barrier… – Sunday, January 17, 1954
We read these days of speeds that move men beyond the so-called "sonic barrier," and of the forces and feelings encountered when super-powered planes physically...