Tomorrow—Always Tomorrow – Sunday, February 26, 1950
This week we are worried. This week we are crowded. This week we are frantically trying to do some of the things we have left...
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Haunted Houses – Sunday, February 19, 1950
There was a time, in childhood, when we were much impressed by houses that were supposed to be haunted—a haunted house, of course, being any...
The Question of “Consent” – Sunday, February 12, 1950
"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent."1 This sentence, spoken by Abraham Lincoln, brings before us the question of...
Indictment of Indifference – Sunday, February 5, 1950
Among the ancient Athenians it is said that Solon invoked a law that penalized people who refused to take sides on disputed principles and public...
On Lying Without Speaking – Sunday, January 29, 1950
It has sometimes been assumed that truth pertains only to what one says or writes—that if we give a wrong impression with the right words,...
I Read It in a Book – Sunday, January 22, 1950
In defending a statement that is questioned or challenged, not infrequently someone will say: "I read it in a book" (as if this were a...
On Knowing the Future – Sunday, January 15, 1950
People sometimes ask impatiently: "Why can't we know more about the future?" "Why shouldn't we know the future?" One part of a possible answer to...
On Accepting Reality – Sunday, January 8, 1950
Sometimes when events have taken an unexpected turn, we wonder what we might have done to avoid what has happened. What did we do wrong?...
Twenty-five Thousand Days – Sunday, January 1, 1950
In looking at the length of life, it was the Psalmist who said: "The days of our years are threescore years and ten: ... Thou...