Word: mankind
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...little more substantial than the life in black and white of his engravings and fancies, a life in monochrome painting . . . Goya knew now that if there is a loneliness where the lonely man is rejected by his fellows, there is also another where he is lonely only because mankind has not yet come...
...always repeat to myself, 'Two and two still make four, and no one has ever invented a way of getting something for nothing.' When the outlook is steeped in pessimism I remind myself, 'Two and two still make four, and you can't keep mankind down for long...
There is a grisly fascination to Author Shute's story of mankind's last days. Yet his characters seem curiously bloodless despite their courage and stoicism. It is difficult to believe that men and women would die as these do-without panic, self-seeking, sexual frenzy, or apocalyptic evangelism. But then it is also difficult to believe in the end of the world...
...static, any more than society or human nature is static," said Britain's Lord Kilmuir as he set forth the proposition that underlay the panorama. "The roots, well grounded in history and watered by wisdom, are constantly putting out fresh branches and leaves for the comfort of mankind...
...cause of justice at your historic shrine of freedom . . . The keystones of government by law-due process, freedom of speech, jury trial, freedom of the press, fair trial and freedom of worship-have for us all a ringing appeal. And we have a serene confidence that all mankind, when allowed the choice, will claim these invaluable rights. Just yesterday, for example, we observed the Hungarians confirm our faith in the insatiable appetite of all people for freedom-an urge that will brook impossible odds for its satisfaction, proving to the entire world that life without freedom becomes unbearable ... In many...