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...
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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...
The Worst That Could Happen – Sunday, May 22, 1949
Human thoughts and feelings are contagious; and an epidemic of losing faith in the future is one of the worst things that could ever happen...
It’s Being Done – Sunday, May 15, 1949
Sometimes when we are asked why we do something, we have no better answer to offer than the fact that "It's being done." But there...