Word: essays
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...authors of Satan see no reason to doubt the historical evidences of the Devil's existence-from witchcraft to the temptations of the saints. Writes the late Father Herbert Thurston, S.J., in his essay: "That such a thing as witchcraft exists or has existed in the world no Christian can deny who believes his Bible to be the inspired Word of God. It is impossible to suppose that the story of the witch of Endor [7 Kings 28: 7-25], of Simon Magus* [Acts 8: 9-24] ... are to be understood merely as allegories...
...White House rose garden one morning, Truman chatted with the teenage winners of a radio speech-essay contest on democracy. Dwight Clark Jr. of Fort Collins, Colo, had a message. "Mr. President," he said, "we saw Senator Taft this morning, and he said to be sure to send you 'his very best love.' " Mr. President laughed and said: "We became good friends when we were in the Senate together. We are both on first-name terms. I call him Bob and he calls me Harry. We get along all right except that he's on the wrong...
...Stuart Hughes, assistant professor of History, claims he had no advance warning the Times would anagrammatize a quotation from his recent book: "An Essay for Our Times...
Stubbs's curiosity was not limited to horses. He was a qualified medical lecturer on human anatomy, did the technical illustrations for his friend Dr. John Burton's Essay Towards a Complete New System of Midwifery. He was a vigorous 75 when he executed his 7-by-12-ft. canvas of Hambletonian, after the horse's last triumphant win at Newmarket. Seven years later Stubbs died; his final ambitious project, half finished at his death, was to have been 30 anatomical tables contrasting the structure of the human body with that of the tiger and the fowl...
...most common complaints of the students is that one hour per week is too short a time in which to learn the essentials of essay writing. This opinion is backed by instructor May Sarton, author of "Shadow of a Man" and "The Lion and the Rose." She believes that the limited instruction period is one of the major faults of the course. Two hours a week should be much more effective, she said...