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...Western (Christian) Civilization we still have left the conception of heroism based on the Arthurian Cycle. Mothers still tell their children tales of the strong and the brave who conquer the wicked, cruel giant or dragon or witch. It seems a little too much to swallow when St. George deliberately goes up to the Dragon to be decorated...
...patients were "suggestible," why they accepted his explanations, overcame their resistance, strove to know themselves and conquer their symptoms, was at that time a problem to Freud. One day, during her treatment, a woman patient suddenly threw her arms around his neck...
...tens of thousands of soldiers were swaggering around the Spanish landscape during the recent civil war, Adolf Hitler's men modestly stayed in the background, playing a less conspicuous but no less effective role. II Duce sent not only airmen but infantrymen to help Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquer the stubborn Spanish Republicans. Spectacularly he took over the strategic island of Majorca as a bombing base, bombastically he bragged about the brave exploits of his legionnaires...
...Jesus Christ . . . leaves us with no other choice but to refuse to sanction or participate in war. . . . We affirm our faith that the mission of the church today is to witness with singleness of heart, at whatever cost, to the power of good to overcome evil, of love to conquer hatred, of the Cross to shatter the sword...
...Soft music has a definite anesthetic effect, dulls mild sensations of pain. Dr. Podolsky claims that doctors can conquer more severe pain by playing "music in a fast aggressive tempo," such as The Toreador's Song from Carmen, Anchors Aweigh!, The Stars and Stripes Forever...