Word: belief
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...three stressed the importance of mothers as preservers of spiritual and intellectual values in the home by reinforcing the lessons of church and school. They deplored the prevalent belief that higher education is wasted on women who do not pursue careers. "Mothers ought to realize that what they are doing is more important than anything else," Binger said...
Paul.* Referring to Aristotle, Gilson said: "Belief in God has two sources - the hu man soul and the starry sky." But Gilson noted two significant omissions: 1) the argument by the testimony of moral conscience, which leads man to God through consideration of the presence of truth in the mind, and 2) the proof by consensus universalis, which holds that if there is no God it is very difficult to imagine why practically all peoples should spontaneously reach the conclusion that there...
...University's decision to defer any action for the present follows logically from its previously stated policy. The latest statement indicates the Corporation's continued belief in full testimony before investigation committees. But it also reveals a firm conviction that the Corporation's feelings about the wisdom of Furry's decision not to name names are beside the point, and that the decision rests with the courts alone...
...rest of the world had long feared the magnified effect of even a mild U.S. recession. But in 1954 business forged ahead in Britain, West Germany and many another country, despite the brief U.S. downswing. As U.S. indexes turned upward at year's end, the 25-year-old belief that the world was tied to a boom-or-bust economy began to bust. The result, as 1954 ended, was a feeling of firm confidence in the U.S. economy and in dynamic capitalism as an economic way of life. Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey, a hard man with a dollar...
...Broadstreet!" This boyish portrait soon gives way to a stranger, far more puzzling picture. The teachings of Calvin and John Knox add another dimension to Byron's thoughts, another torment to his emotions. "He seemed delighted to converse with me," writes a schoolmaster, "with every appearance of belief in the divine truths." "He was so shy," reports a visitor, "that [his mother] was forced to send for him three times before she could persuade him to come into the drawing room." "He was loud, even coarse . . . a rough, curly-headed boy . . . nothing more," says a Harrow schoolmate...