Word: gleichshaltung
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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...John Haynes Holmes for many years have served as visiting clergymen to the Harvard Chapel. Since they are outstanding spokesmen for Christian pacifism, Harvard has omitted inviting them this year. Rev. Fosdick also has been denied the pulpits of Yale and Princeton. This action, moving towards a "Gleichshaltung," strikes at the heart of democratic tradition. It is appropriate for countries under a dictatorship rather than for democracies under a constitution guaranteeing political and religious liberty. It matters not that Harvard and Yale and Princeton are only semi-public institutions. Some place on earth must remain for the play of differing...
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