Music & the Spoken Word Library

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...

On Being at Our Best – Sunday, August 14, 1949

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....

The End From the Beginning – Sunday, August 07, 1949

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,...

How Not to Lead People – Sunday, July 31, 1949

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...

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...