Music & the Spoken Word Library

On Moving Men – Sunday, July 24, 1949

The pattern of the past suggests that there are many ways of moving men, but only one way that may be depended upon to bring...

Work—and Human Happiness – Sunday, July 17, 1949

There are many sentiments that could be cited on the subject of work. Among them is this sentence by a wit who was wary of...

Freedom from Offensive Speech – Sunday, July 10, 1949

As a society of men we have learned, in part at least, to protect ourselves against many things. Those who commit theft or violence, we...

Substitutes for Freedom – Sunday, July 03, 1949

Throughout all the ages all manner of substitutes for freedom have been fostered. Ambitious or misguided leaders and aggressive and misdirected peoples, times without number,...

Looking Beyond Labels – Sunday, June 26, 1949

Emerson wrote in one of his essays: "I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names . . ."1 It is...

Is It Right – Sunday, June 19, 1949

Constantly we are all confronted with many prospects and possibilities and proposals. Indeed, life is an endless series of decisions. And one of the questions...

The Fallacy of Averages – Sunday, June 12, 1949

Perhaps it is an opportune time to pay our respects again to the fallacy of figures. We are sometimes inclined to look with considerable satisfaction...

To a Generation Leaving School – Sunday, June 05, 1949

As each school year comes to a close, another generation of young people are appraised and promoted and graded and graduated. Many, of course, will...

To You Who Mourn—and to You Who Remember – Sunday, May 29, 1949

There is perhaps no more persistently pondered question among men than that of immortality, and one great witness of its reality is that men deal...