Word: prophetic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...initial difficulty attendant to this problem is finding a good definition of the term "whole man." Is he the "complete Rabelaisian man" to whom Aldous Huxley refers: "great eater, deep drinker, stout fighter, prodigious lover, clear thinker, creator of beauty, seeker of truth and prophet of heroic grandeurs?" To know whether or not Harvard trains "whole men" it is necessary to know what such men are and it will be difficult to arrive at any definition which will not either outrage the convictions of a segment of the student body or else be so abstract as to be meaningless. Furthermore...
...Prophet & Philosopher
Your issue of Oct. 31 is an excellent sample of what is wrong with the U.S. today. Your cover and feature article are devoted to Designer Raymond Loewy, prophet of a world of mechanized madness, instead of to Philosopher John Dewey. You are to be congratulated, however, on your excellent coverage of both...
...THREE DAYS TO IMPOSE GUILT ON THIS INNOCENT MAN, AS AGAINST THE 169 DAYS ALLOWED IN JUDGE MEDINA'S COURT TO OVERTHROW THE LEGAL PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE AND IMPOSE GUILT ON GUILTY MEN. JUDGE MEDINA'S . . . COURT GENERALSHIP ... RECALLS TO MIND JUSTICE CARDOZO'S WORDS: "THE PROPHET AND THE MARTYR DO NOT SEE THE HOOTING THRONG. THEIR EYES ARE FIXED ON THE ETERNITIES." ALL AMERICA SHOULD HONOR JUDGE MEDINA FOR GIVING THE HOOTING COMMUNISTS AN EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN JUSTICE, DIGNITY AND PATIENCE...
...Testament prophets were dynamic-appearing individuals. Their singular countenances, beaming with inspiration and light, inspired awe and love in all who were blessed to see them. Michelangelo's Moses is a good example of what one might expect a prophet of Israel to look like...