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...Anent Mr. David P. Leas' letter [about the five missionaries killed by the Auca Indians in Ecuador-Feb. 13]: "Why go into Auca territory?" I answer in the words my husband wrote in his last letter to his parents: "Ours is to preach the gospel to every creature . . ." Mr. Leas is sure that the Lord must be interested in the Aucas "just as they are." God is interested in all mankind just as he is-so interested, in fact, that He sent His Son to die for him. The only trouble is that the Auca doesn't know...
...your article anent the new Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden . . . you say two of Eden's brothers, Timothy and Nicholas, were killed. When last heard of in 1949, Sir Timothy Calvert Eden was going strong as eighth baronet, and so to speak, chief of the family tong. It was John Eden-the eldest of four brothers of whom Timothy was second, Anthony third and Nicholas fourth - who was killed in the Kaiser's war in France . . . Nicholas, a midshipman, died in the Battle of Jutland...
...Anent Lexicographer Fowler's disapproval of the Long Variant [Oct. 12]: if we should avoid using "wastage" for "waste," how come Fowler's rather unique use of "usage" for "use"? BEN F. MEYER...
Your Joseph Wood Krutch item anent the Common Man recalled a good anecdote . . . Back when Henry Wallace, as a vice presidential candidate, was exalting the Common Man, Booth Tarkington . . . commented that the phrase would mean a lot of votes, but the advantage could be more than offset if only someone could prevail on Mr. Wallace to also come out as champion of the Common Woman...
...Anent the Sept. 10 treatment of King David in verse. Why not try this on your victims...