On Misusing a Reputation – Sunday, July 16, 1944
There is something yet to be said on the subject of misusing a reputation. Some men acquire such reputations that others place implicit confidence in...
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On Acquiring a Reputation – Sunday, July 09, 1944
Reputations are built on many factors—some of them unpredictable. A good many men have lived their lives and gone to their graves reputed for things...
Substitutes for Freedom – Sunday, July 02, 1944
July Fourth, as a day of annual commemoration, has come and gone, despite many crises and contrary influences, finding us still a liberty-loving people; and...
On Seeing Beyond One’s Time – Sunday, June 25, 1944
“Whereupon, 0 king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none...
To Fathers—and Their Sons – Sunday, June 18, 1944
Thoughts and feeling’s grow on a given theme, until someone succeeds in having it publicly noted. And so today we have Fathers’ Day. In a...
The Fears of the Guilty – Sunday, June 11, 1944
These are anxious days for all of us—days in which the most cherished things in our lives are at stake. Seemingly, there is scarcely a...
To a Generation Leaving School – Sunday, June 04, 1944
We have come again to that time in a school year when we grade and accredit, promote and graduate, and otherwise appraise the academic accomplishments...
Another Day Will Begin Next Morning – Sunday, May 28, 1944
As the years were added upon his head, Victor Hugo wrote: "I feel immortality in myself. Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is...
Glorifying the Mediocre – Sunday, May 21, 1944
There comes to mind a phrase of three words—Glorifying the Mediocre—which is indicative of a practice whereby young and old are schooled in a world...