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...remain silent? How could you tolerate all this?", he didn't ask the right question [June 12]. A small part of God was murdered along with every innocent man, woman and child in the Nazi death camps, and God's question with each dying breath was "Why, humankind, do you remain silent? How can you tolerate all this?" God is still asking...
...example anywhere of what the iconoclastic 20th century writer and anthropologist Georges Bataille called "the basic desire of all men, of whatever period or region, to be amazed." Like few other creations of the human hand, it is a patrimony not of any one country or culture, but of humankind as a whole. Yet Lascaux's robust longevity belies a frightening fragility. Five years ago, after the ill-conceived installation of new climatic equipment, Lascaux suffered an outbreak of fungal infection that threatened to destroy in a few years what thousands of millenniums had left largely unscathed. The cave...
...help the world's poor. I nominate biologist Edward O. Wilson, who has uncovered hidden laws of biology, charted the interconnections of knowledge, plumbed the sources of human nature and held a lantern aloft to warn the world of the risks of man-made environmental catastrophe. If humankind finds a way to live in peace together, in harmony with nature, he will have played a unique role in that deliverance...
...complete human being. That's what I will teach my children. Todd R. Lockwood South Burlington, Vermont, U.S. I wish that your article had featured ordinary folks whose ambition drove them to be successful physicians, caregivers, inventors and scientists - people who actually work to keep humankind alive and functioning. Here's to the B-team players! Bill Lenters Rockford, Illinois, U.S. I enjoyed reading your article about ambition as I lay on my sofa munching popcorn. I'm now working up the ambition to go make dinner and finish the laundry. Annette Brehm West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. Ford Focused...
...change the course of history. What your story revealed, however, was that not just their wealth and fame heightened their impact. Credit the Gateses for learning firsthand about the diseases of the poor, then making careful choices about the deployment of dollars to ensure the greatest possible return for humankind. Credit Bono for his uncommon ability to build trust and empathy across an eclectic group of influential people. That is the kind of story that gives us hope. Barry Briggs Mill Valley, California...