Word: knoweth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Beating by Scripture. The "fatal poison of irresponsible power" made brutes of most slaveholders, writes Douglass. Even in the border state of Maryland, where Douglass lived, slaves were regularly flogged by masters who were fond of paraphrasing Scripture. "He that knoweth his master's will, and doeth it not, shall be beaten with many stripes." Douglass knew of a white overseer who shot down a slave for refusing to obey. He tells of a 15-year-old girl who was beaten to death for letting a white baby cry. The slaves were helpless, since their testimony was not accepted...
...less than 90 minutes the film poses its universal question: How could a sensible people like the Germans be fooled by a fox? A quotation from Ecclesiastes is offered as the answer: "Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth...
...music around here frequently suffers from a total separation between the cerebral, arm-chair composer and the practicing performer. The Lukas Foss Improvisation Chamber Ensemble showed how delightful the result can be, when the writing hand knoweth what the performing hand doth. Spontaneity is the obvious thing to expect of an improvisation ensemble, but a surprising coherence revealed careful planning. The rare feeling that the music and the instruments had to go together gave the sounds a special excitement...