Word: idealisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...peace of mind. Our distracted world needs some sort of philosophical background if it is ever to pull itself out of the mire of ignorance, hate and misery. Over 25 hundred years ago, Plato said that it was not until kings became philosophers or philosophers became kings that the ideal society would be built . . . Kings," he added wistfully, "are having a rather bad time of it these days...
...snapped back with a peppery article in the Daily Express: "For 38 years I have given practical proof of my respect for 'Christian marriage' . . . Most of us, I am sure, whether we recognize 'Our Lord's authority' or not, have the same 'ideal' of marriage as the editor ... I hate to use the word 'humbug' in any controversy; but let me say that the Voice of the Church has behind it some very loose and inconsistent thinking . . . If a man divorces his first wife after five years' 'incurable insanity...
...Beauty at its highest is of course sexual and can be calculated. The Pretty Girl is the supreme criterion. This is why prudent young men in search of the ideal will always carry a tape measure in their pocket...
Danger on the Side. Primaquine has one peculiarity: it is much safer for white patients than others; Negroes and many Asiatics may develop a form of anemia after relatively small doses. Also, it has to be given in several doses, so it is not the ideal drug for such a vast area of relapsing malaria as India...
...Geoffrey Francis Fisher is a deeply pious Christian. He is also a gentleman of rational disposition, settled habits and scholarly inclinations. This blending, perhaps more frequently found in the British Isles than elsewhere, has made him just about the ideal man for his job: 99th Archbishop of Canterbury,* Primate of All England and the active spiritual head of the Anglican communion...