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...Pathetic Paradox. It is typical of the dilemma of this civilization that masses of men humbly accept the fact of Einstein's genius, but only a handful understand in what it consists. They have heard that, in his Special and his General Theories of Relativity, Einstein finally explained the form and the nature of the physical universe and the laws governing it. They cannot understand his explanation. To a small elite of mathematicians and physicists, the score of equations in which Einstein embodied his picture of the universe and its functioning are as concrete as a kitchen table...
Hence the pathetic paradox that Einstein's discoveries, the greatest triumph of reasoning mind on record, are accepted by most people on faith. Hence the fact that most people never expect to understand more about Relativity than is told by the limerick...
...This is] an interesting paradox: those who stand against a conviction of human sinfulness are here testifying through their own actions to the truth of the position they oppose. Professor Niebuhr, a strong "social gospel-ite," continually stresses man's "indeterminate possibilities" of goodness on earth, although . . . there is always the added warning that . . . the Kingdom of God ... is forever "beyond" the world...
...Most Ingenious Paradox."Niebuhr is at his characteristic best when he wields the flashing, two-edged sword of paradox: his book's most brilliant chapters are titled "The Power and Weakness of God" and "Mystery and Meaning." In the first, he cites the symbol of Christ crucified as the great reconciliation of two apparent irreconcilables-God's all-powerful goodness, and the power of evil in the world. In God's own willingness to submit to His creature man's free will, says Niebuhr, His final majesty-mercy-is revealed. In "Mystery and Meaning...
...that the responsibility for the cutback lies at the doorstep of University Hall, President Conant last week in a letter to the Student Council announced that there was no financial stringency involved in the tutorial limitation. He said further that the responsibility for tutorial rests entirely with the Faculty. Paradox? And further complicated by Mr. Conant's assurance that he stands four square behind Provost Buck, the implied target of Faculty complaints...