Word: judgments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...authority in government. But so far as the scientist has pre-eminent prestige as the guardian of the truth and the power, his blessing will always be sought for a new cold cream or a fresh departure in foreign policy or an innovation in military technology. In most cases, judgment of the worth of the enterprise lies entirely outside the competence of the scientist as such...
Needle-mustached Salvador Dali raised his enameled walking stick and issued the judgment of a connoisseur. "It is the greatest painting since Raphael," he proclaimed. "As a matter of fact, it is very much like Raphael." He was referring to Santiago el Grande (Saint James the Great), a huge tribute in meticulously brushed oils to Spain's military patron saint. It was painted in five months by the artist that Salvador Dali calls the world's "great genius"-Salvador Dali...
...though Job's suffering were justified Not by the Will of God but Job's Acceptance of God's Will . . . He understood and he forgave it! . . . Who's the judge in judgment there? Who plays the hero, God or him? Is God to be forgiven...
...Those who would carry on great public schemes must be proof against the worst fatiguing delays, the most mortifying disappointments, the most shocking insults, and, worst of all, the presumptuous judgment of the ignorant upon their designs...
Pointing out that Mister Sam's Capitol renovation will be "pushed ahead irrespective of Senate protests, without House hearings and in utter disregard of public opinion and the judgment of some of the most prominent architects in America today," the long-suffering New York Times last week exclaimed: "Sam Rayburn doesn't own the Capitol...