Word: handmaid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...genuflecting angel, splendid with great, backswept polychrome wings and raised hand, recites the sentence inscribed in gold from St. Luke: "The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee." The Virgin, in a gesture of untroubled acceptance, replies simply: "Behold the handmaid of the Lord: be it done to me according to thy word...
...Testament, the greatest teaching ever recorded, was composed . . . Great books, scientific discoveries, works of art, great perceptions of truth and beauty in any form, all require great conversation to complete their meaning; without it they are abracadabra-color to the blind or music to the deaf. Conversation is the handmaid of learning, true religion and free government." His reflections had prodded Dr. Griswold, one of whose hobbies has long been a scrutiny of the academic scene, into a reappraisal of what higher education is all about. Ventured he: "If [Thomas] Carlyle could define a university as a collection of books...
...Handmaid of Religion. While he was studying for the priesthood, the Paulist Order sent him all over Europe to study with the masters of choral music. Young O'Malley took full advantage of the opportunity. Says he: "The church through various Popes has recognized the boy's voice as the proper vehicle for religious music because of its innocent quality. The early composers of the polyphonic period wrote for boys and men, not for men and women. So it's my belief that this music can only be sung by boys and men, and I wanted...
...Music is a handmaid to religion," says Father O'Malley. "It is supposed to lift the soul and heart...
...Like Ike" for president men includes Harry Truman, Jake Arvey, James Roosevelt, and John S. Sparksman. If these men had ever prevailed upon Eisenhower to run as a Democrat, there would be no question about the outcome of this election. However, Eisenhower preferred not to be the political handmaid of a president who could call the Fullbright Report on RFC corruption "asinine" or who has still refused to fire Harry "Deep Freeze" Vaughan, Wallace "Grain Speculation" Graham, or Donald Dawson who, as presidential patronage boss with power to hire and fire the directors of the RFC, the Fullbright Report found...