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...enables him to overcome this mechanical handicap. But what undoubtedly must have bothered him is the lack of visual perception of life around him. All musicians, whether they play swing or classical music, draw their inspiration from things that happen to them in life, that they can see and comprehend. All of the natural beauties available to most human beings are thus denied Mr. Templeton...
...tonnages by 10,000 is like stepping from a twelve into a 16-cylinder car. Last week the U. S. Navy also prepared to get itself a motorcycle. It awarded to seven civilian designers prizes for motor torpedo ("mosquito") boats, 54 to 70-footers which any fireside sailor can comprehend...
...most urbane and influential Catholic priests.* Published in the U. S. this week was Monsignor Knox's latest book, Let Dons Delight.†. To many a reader, Catholic and non-Catholic, this work will bring delight. To others, including many U. S. Catholics who find it difficult to comprehend the lightheartedness and apparent irreverence of their European coreligionists, the book will be shocking...
...apparent that you do not comprehend or understand the reasons for the resentment expressed against your remarks concerning Father Coughlin. Both the original article [TIME, Jan. 30] and your editorial comment in the Feb. 13 issue are in extremely bad taste and grievously offensive to me and all Roman Catholics...
...social ideology, makes a confused subject even more bewildering by applying the test-writing technique to his illustrations of Whitman's philosophies; that is, bringing in carloads of quotations by contemporaries and barrels of erudite anecdotes concerning every figure, literary or otherwise, which supposedly aid the reader to comprehend Whitman's attitude...