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...Stokes gives no aid & comfort to those who would interpret the U.S. Constitution as a blueprint for a secularist society. Over & over again, he stresses the basically religious-and Christian-premises of the founding fathers. Even Benjamin Franklin, considered the most skeptical, urged at the Federal Convention in 1787 that each session begin with prayer. "I have lived, Sir, a long time," he said, "and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth-that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice...
...Yankee, Irish, French Canadian, office manager, millworker, real-estate dealer-thought vaguely but anxiously about a question which men have discussed for centuries: Is there an eternal law that transcends men's best intentions and even men's law, and if there is, how are men to interpret...
...purpose of the ten days of orientation is to prepare the students for what is to come in Europe and help them interpret what they see. In Holland, the students were warned last summer, people do not dance cheek to check. Some students were unduly surprised to find that some Europeans hated the Marshall Plan. In Italy, students were dismayed to find that because of the American reputation for cleanliness, the water was always shut off where they went...
First, the lawyer must make proper distinction between social welfare and the protection of individual liberties. He then must interpret the Constitution with a view to modern problems, and finally must bring about a systemization of administrative justice...
...Projective Tests," given at the final section meeting, asked each student to interpret a picture. Interpretations will be studied for reactions to the method of instruction...