The Pattern of the Past – Sunday, August 21, 1949
We sometimes waste too much of the present in waiting for the return of the pattern of the past. Much as we may wish it...
We sometimes waste too much of the present in waiting for the return of the pattern of the past. Much as we may wish it...
Perhaps most of us give way at times to actions and attitudes and utterances which we would not ordinarily approve in ourselves or in others....
At this season we recall again one of the pleasant pastimes of our childhood, when we paused with other wide-eyed youngsters to watch the billposter,...
Like most stories that are old, this one has been told with many variations at successive seasons: It is the story of the man who...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Emerson wrote in one of his essays: "I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names . . ."1 It is...