Word: beholding
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...nonacademic pabulum back in the extracurricular cupboard, the pursuit of happiness will take care of itself. Bruises to the ego by way of low marks, poor report cards, etc., prepare our youngsters for real-life bumps and bruises, but a "demanned" man at 30 is a tragic thing to behold...
...replied grimly: "Though I am here a stranger and he the highest citizen, yet I shall remain and he shall depart." In 1492 Lorenzo was dead. Echoing in the ears of the impressed Florentines was the preacher's reiterated warning: "Ecce gladius Domini super terram, cito et velociter [Behold the sword of the Lord, swift and sure, over the earth...
...wonder if anyone has ever replied to President Joseph Fitzsimmons' quote of Don Quixote with one by Mark Twain: "Behold, the fool saith, 'Put not all thine eggs in the one basket' - which is but a manner of saying, 'Scatter your money and your attention,' but the wise man saith, 'Put all your eggs in the one basket and - watch that basket...
...Jesus said: If those who lead you say to you: Behold, the kingdom is in heaven, then the birds of heaven will precede you; if they say to you that it is in the sea, then the fish will precede you. But the kingdom is within you and it is outside...
...which Tillich calls "ultimate concern." Man's hope is the "New Being," a conception Tillich has derived from St. Paul's second letter to the Corinthians (II Corinthians 5:17): "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become...