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"Most Fatal Sin." Suicide was not always frowned on; in eight instances in the Bible*suicide is not mentioned in condemnation, and the ancients in the Hellenic times tended to look upon the power to take one's own life as an inalienable privilege. But St. Thomas Aquinas summed...
State backed up church with its own sanctions. In England until 1823 a suicide's body was buried at a crossroads with a stake through the heart; until 1882 it was buried at night. All the property of a suicide was confiscated until 1870. Today in England, suicide is...
Explaining the report on the BBC last week, Committee Chairman Christie summed up: "If any member of the committee were asked if he considered suicide wrong he would say it was. Of course there are always exceptions. But in general, Christians-who are a minority in this country at present...
Nothing better symbolizes the change in bankers than the differences between Morgan Guaranty's Alexander and John Pierpont Morgan, the founder of the House of Morgan. Where Morgan was gruff and autocratic, with a fierce glare that could wither a man at 30 paces. Alexander is relaxed, cordial, full...
Power & Ruthlessness. The history of the House of Morgan is almost the story of U.S. banking. Founder J. Pierpont Morgan was a great builder and dreamer who helped build the U.S.-and grew so powerful that he helped run it. Morgan left his father's London banking firm at...