Word: difference
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have our redemption; that, having died for our sins, He rose from the dead and is our ever-living Saviour; that in His earthly ministry He wrought many mighty works, and by His vicarious death and unfailing presence He is able to save to the uttermost." But we differ and insist upon the right to differ on how all this happened...
Preachers who insist on the right to differ...
...ethics of the case, however, differ from the strictly legal construction. The existence of power by no means connotes its use, and for a considerable period now the Crown has relied upon the advice of its ministers, as expressed by the Premier, before dissolving Parliament. No King, under present-day conditions, would attempt to ignore or override the advice of his ministers, unless the act were incontrovertibly taken in the interests of the people, and such a situation is more than unlikely. Nothing in the present hypothetical situation presupposes that King George will depart from the strictly constitutional practice...
...certain humility is becoming in those who differ with what seems at the time to be majority opinion. The most that we and our four hundred fellow-delegates at Indianapolis, who expressed ourselves as refusing to participate in any future war, can do is to state frankly our reasons, and to invite full discussion...
...Christmas day the President spent only a few minutes at his office. There were no guests at the White House except Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns of Boston. Accounts differ and probably no one, except the participants, knows exactly whether the Coolidges visited their indoor Christmas tree and exchanged presents before or after breakfast. They went to the First Congregational Church for services. They met Senator "Jim" Watson at the door of the church and he sat with them. The only guests at luncheon and at dinner in the evening were Mr. and Mrs. Stearns. After dinner the Coolidges...