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Jesuit Teilhard wrote The Phenomenon of Man as a scientist; he was a top-ranking paleontologist and one of the discoverers of Peking Man. But as a Roman Catholic priest, he submitted to the prohibition of his church against publishing his writings or teaching his ideas. Until his death at 73, in 1955, The Phenomenon of Man had to be circulated privately in mimeographed form. A friend to whom he left the manuscript arranged for its publication...
This bloody, teeming struggle upwards -"despite all the waste and ferocity, all the mystery and scandal it involves"-is a single gigantic organism moving in one direction: toward more consciousness. But evolution does not stop with consciousness. "In one well-marked region at the heart of the mammals, where the most powerful brains ever made by nature are to be found . . . a flame bursts forth at a strictly localized point. Thought is born...
...Roscoe Drummond wrote: "They were supposed to be watching, and it wasn't until after they began to be scorched by public opinion that they showed any evidence that they thought they had much to do about it." As FCC finally got ready for limited action last week, one commissioner admitted: "Our senses were dulled...
...outdone, FTC Chairman Earl Kintner (no kin to NBC's Bob) announced: "This commission is determined to take the responsibility to keep the spigots open. We hope there's a trickle down to the stations that make up the industry." As for Mutual, it had already eliminated one offensive word from all ad copy broadcasts on the network. The word: diarrhea...
...One good result of the television scandals came to light: a growing demand for news and public affairs programs, dubbed "truth shows." NBC announced a weekly public affairs program in prime evening time on topics ranging from alcoholism to the summit. Plans were jelling for TV Critic John Crosby to appear on a new CBS show devoted to books, arts, entertainment. Edward R. Murrow's longtime associate, Fred W. Friendly, told New York Herald Tribune Columnist Marie Torre: "Even the elevator operators here at CBS look at us differently. It's as if we've been...