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Rhapsody (M-G-M). Americans have nobler characters than Europeans. All great music was written by either Tchaikovsky or Rachmaninoff. Artists are the hottest lovers. Good musicians have long hair. All rich people are neurotic. Rhapsody is a relatively harmless tissue of such debatable propositions...
Concerning the Hartley case letters of Valeski and Varallyay in TIME, Feb. 1: It is a sad commentary on our progressive civilization to find people today who allow primitive emotion to overshadow entirely the nobler aspects of Dr. Vance Chattin's dedicated efforts to save the Hartley boys, regardless of their physical deformity...
...also the only account which my mother (his sister) and I have so far read which . . . does not contain some slight error or inconsistency. Moreover . . . it projected that ringing thing which was Skinny's peculiar genius-that steadfast belief in and love of his country (a composite emotion, nobler even than the love of man for woman, or of mother for child). I hope your delineation of his character and life has served to give the mushy middle of our citizenry some pause...
...each new temple, nobler than...
Russell Kirk* has news for most Americans: "Conservatism is something deeper than mere defense of shares and dividends, something nobler than mere dread of what is new." The American asks: "Is it? And if so, what?" The question has a special interest to a nation which is the reputed champion of a position that has almost dropped out of its own conversation...