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Word: inference (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...spiritual doctrine, not a religion, not even a philosophy. One who understands Zen has no gods to fail him. For Zen is not a faith, but faith; not hopes, but hope; not beliefs, but belief. It has no rituals, no concepts, no symbolism. It is absurd to infer that the Eastern flavor of Zen is not worth tasting. Since Zen is simply a way of life, it knows no bounds or boundaries. The beauty of Zen is that it allows things to come of themselves, i.e., if there is enlightenment, the world will automatically become that better place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 12, 1960 | 12/12/1960 | See Source »

...interested to learn from the story in the CRIMSON of November 23 that the Student Council, in its plans for Twentieth Century Week, is accepting funds from the American Friends of the Middle East, a notoriously anti Israel organization. I infer it is for that reason that no representative of Israel is to appear in the panel on the Near East and its problems, which is dominated by representatives of the Arab states.... Howard Mumford Jones, Abbott Lawrence Lowell Professor of the Humanities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 20TH CENTURY WEEK | 11/26/1960 | See Source »

...would like to commend you on the fine and enlightening article, "Birdbrained." Though one may not agree with all that the National Council of Churches of Christ does, to infer that it or the Revised Standard Version of the Bible is Communist is, as your article well pointed out, silly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 21, 1960 | 3/21/1960 | See Source »

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