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Another Gnostic, Nietzsche, went a step further than Comte. Said Nietzsche: "Love yourself through grace. Then you are no longer in need of your God, and you can act the whole drama of Fall and Redemption to its end in yourself." Nietzsche's extravagant tone and his "fascism" repel many "liberals" who do not recognize the essential similarity in idea and historical origin of Naziism and Communism. Harold Laski, a Socialist with a great influence on "liberals" and "progressivists," summed up the Russian Revolution in a political translation of Nietzsche...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JOURNALISM AND JOACHIM'S CHILDREN | 3/9/1953 | See Source »

...refitting, manned by a green crew. Just before she sailed out to meet the Shannon, many of her men were drunk. The court-martial testimony showed that Cox, who was 23, fought his guns bravely until the crews deserted; then, cutlass in hand, he rushed up on deck to repel the boarders. Cox probably did not realize he was in command when he helped Captain Lawrence below deck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: The Case of Lieut. Cox | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

...During the remainder of the armistice negotiations, every effort will be made to avoid casualties and to demonstrate our willingness to honor a cease-fire." The lieutenant went on with specifications: no more combat patrols, artillery to be used only for counterbattery fire, the infantry to fight only to repel an attack. When he had finished, a sergeant asked: "What does this mean, lieutenant?" Answered the officer: "It means just what it says. And it means that from now on every round of ammo has got to be accounted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF KOREA: What Does This Mean? | 12/10/1951 | See Source »

...Ismailia and Port Said, and took over railroad stations, harbors and telephone exchanges. Mechanized infantry sealed off the city of Suez. The commander of Britain's powerful Suez garrison is a tough, combat-seasoned soldier, Lieut. General Sir George Erskine, 52, who won the D.S.O. for helping to repel Rommel at El Alamein (said his citation: "He changed the whole course of battle"). "We are not going to be turned out, forced out or kicked out," he announced. His first move: to isolate Egyptian troops in the Sinai peninsula to the east of the canal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: A Shaky Do | 10/29/1951 | See Source »

...hours, behind closed doors, Lodge spelled out his plan. Under the present program for a 95-group Air Force, he said, the U.S. will be able to muster only one-third of the tactical aviation it would need to repel an invasion of Western Europe. The U.S., he argued, needs a minimum of 50 full tactical air groups for ground support, 38 interceptor groups for home defense, and 62 groups of long-range strategic bombers, plus fleets of heavy transports. Such an aerial armada would take three years to build, and cost a staggering $96 billion, more than the entire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Long Way to Go | 7/23/1951 | See Source »

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