Word: mankinde
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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George Bernard Shaw, for a change, was in print with an utterance that had nothing to do with mankind's folly. The New Statesman and Nation had got hold of an old note he had sent (apparently with a picture) to the late Actress Ellen Terry, with whom he carried on a safely epistolary "love-affair" for 30 years...
...will listen I answer: It is the mission of the Church to bring the light of God into man's life, to teach God's love, to serve and to save mankind; and today-in this age of demoralization and brutalization-the mission of the Church is exactly the same as it was two thousand years ago and ever shall be. To help bring peace . . . but to mankind...
...planned long in advance, the House chose Massachusetts' Joseph William Martin Jr. as its 45th Speaker. It was a straight party vote (244 to 182). Retiring Speaker Sam Rayburn paid his successor a compliment: he is "a friend of mankind, a man of unquestioned character, of demonstrated ability, with a great, fine heart." Then Sam Rayburn broke precedent, swallowed his pride and reverted to the minority leadership...
...declared: "A way has been found and pointed out to control atomic energy for peace and prevent its use for war. The way is marked by buoys and lighthouses showing clearly the dangers and how to avoid them. . . . The treaty . . . must contain all, not parts of the program. Otherwise mankind will be deluded into a false sense of security. The dangers are great, but the way is clear if man but wills...
...Fear. Modern research has disproved many of mankind's ancient notions about leprosy. The disease is only slightly contagious (much less so than tuberculosis); in 52 years,, no Carville nurse or doctor has caught it. Yet every state but New York requires segregation of lepers...