Word: outlook
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Even though conversion has ceased to be a crime, Judaism takes pains to point out to a would-be convert that it prefers to maintain the racial purity of its faith, that its outlook is difficult for a goy to adopt. One finds religious satisfaction best in one's own group. Unlike Christians, Jews do not seek to save the world. They are satisfied that the souls of righteous men will be taken care of, no matter what their faith.* If, however, a non-Jew is determined to embrace Judaism, and if no ulterior motive (such as intermarriage...
...social worker's outlook on the problem will be presented by Dr. Selekman, who is executive director of the Associate Philanthropies of Boston. He will outline the background of the Lafolette-Costigan Bill, which was introduced to appropriate $375,000,000 for unemployment relief, and will compare it with the Wagner Bill now before Congress...
...American youth has the good fortune not to have its outlook troubled by outworn traditions, or by any imposed development which they resist...
...pleasure-seeking impulse dominates, suffer excruciating agonies and drive their only pleasure from the social life. Fully 75 per cent of undergraduates should not be enrolled. They have come to study because of pride or the fact that they think that college training is a necessity. Consequently their outlook is prejudiced toward studies before they arrive...
...actual obstacles in the course of time. Habit is never so strong that the psychoanalyst cannot overcome it. The Duke of Wellington said 'habit was ten times as strong as nature' but an analysist only needs a little more time to untangle personalities schooled and cemented in the wrong outlook...