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...doughtiest soldiers of the modern world of ideological civil war is too obscurely defined in the U.S. ken. He is-or was-Don Miguel de Unamuno, twice rector of and twice expelled from the University of Salamanca,* who brought to recent letters a Spanish taste for macabre conundrums about death: "One day we shall all die, even the dead...
...Author Duggan describes it, his tactical genius was speed and surprise, his psychological genius was knowing the breaking point of his own men. In a tight spot, he could pick up a broadsword and lead a charge with the doughtiest of his centurions. He never killed for fun, but he killed wholesale. Many Romans were shocked when his legions slaughtered 430,000 Germanic tribesmen in one day, when their envoys were actually in Caesar's camp seeking peace. Five years later, the Senate, pushed by Pompey, ordered Caesar to lay down his command; instead, Caesar crossed the Rubicon...
Even their doughtiest opponents had privately conceded a Liberal victory. In the minds of most voters, the Liberals were the party of prosperity, in office since 1935 through the years of recovery, war boom and the phenomenal postwar industrial expansion that is still going on. Erstwhile Tory businessmen were converted by the Liberal government's highly orthodox fiscal policies, its annual budget surpluses and its steady cutting of the national debt. Farmers liked the efficient grain-marketing system and price supports. Labor was won over when the Liberals coolly borrowed the most attractive social-security planks from...
...Protestantism's doughtiest champions-and one of its sharpest critics -is the owner-editor of the nondenominational Christian Century. For 38 years Dr. Charles Clayton Morrison's Protestant polemics have warmed the pages of his vigorous weekly (present circulation...
...same time the unbeaten Freshmen believe they will extend their record by flattening out Exeter in the Indoor Athletic Building. Doughtiest wrestler is Captain Tom Laccy, who earned a reputation at Exeter, and who has won five straight falls this season. Bill Tyng will replace Bannes in the 165-pound division. Ted Schoenberg, after an outstanding exhibition against Andover, will grapple in the 126-pound class...