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...eyes of an insensitive society) and the Deep Blue Sea (or death, which she believes to be the only escape). The play opens with her attempted suicide and progresses through her relationships with her lover, her estranged husband, and an ex-doctor who ultimately proves to be her saviour. Though loosely constructed, the plot is not without tension and suspense. Mr. Rattigan's terrific seriousness accounts for much of this, for we are led to believe that far below the surface of interweaving love, lust, and indifference, there is profound moral to be found. There is a moral: "Take...
...mountain. It was mid-afternoon when they came back, pulling a lifeless, blanket-covered form on a toboggan. The vicar came out to meet them. Head bare, his overcoat collar turned up around his neck, he read from a prayer book: "Into thy hands, O merciful Saviour, we commend the soul of thy servant, now departed from the body . . ." Then he bent over the toboggan and wept...
...United States are affiliated with no Church or Religious Society . . . Enrich yourself spiritually with the glorious and immortal teachings of the God-man Jesus Christ as those teachings have come through the centuries straight as an arrow to you. Sit back and relax and study the teachings of the Saviour in the quiet and privacy of your home. How? By enrolling today in the free Correspondence Course on the Catholic Religion. No obligation of any kind . . . Your only expense in this interesting and God-given Course is the three-cent stamp on your original letter. Write today...
...Shute and Burgess. By bribing Burgess $1000 to leave the race, Belcher won the commission for his friend Shute and gained a certain notoriety for himself in the bargain. Shute, in turn, grew tired of office quickly and finagled the honor for Belcher. So Jonathon Belcher, future saviour of Princeton, became Governor of Massachusetts in 1729. His reign was highlighted by an attempt to shake down the Massachusetts General Court for a higher salary by invoking the wrath of the King. This maneuver multiplied his enemies and they ousted Belcher from office...
...blame the Marxists for their thirst of an earthly paradise, as if God had not made the earth a Paradise first, as if the Saviour had not torn out the sin of the world, as if we were not saved, redeemed...