Word: soule
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...traces an historical shift in moral priorities--in the human being's sense of his self--from the virtue of sincerity which occupied the western mind from the Renaissance well into the Victorian nineteenth century, to the more penetrating ideal of authenticity which has come to characterize twentieth century soul-searching...
SINCE READING has become such a complicated act, the serious reader's notion of literature should embrace not only those works which have been studied, but also those which haven't: Anatole France could think of reading as "the adventure of a soul among masterpieces," but the modern reader resembles more a nervous intruder, moving among volumes which once belonged in the world, and which have since become commodities. Books, of course, are still produced and distributed, more than ever before. Like all commodities, these objects reflect the mode of production which in turn determines their character. Thus, more books...
Enough to save my soul and now attending...
...never written a line. But something happened to Worden as he orbited the moon alone in the command ship Endeavor while his crewmates explored the lunar surface. Since his return, he has been moved to put his feelings about space flight into verse, some of it deeply personal and soul searching. Worden's new interest is only one example of an extraordinary postflight phenomenon. In spite of their undeserved reputation as unemotional automatons, many of America's 32 space travelers have been profoundly moved by their experiences away from earth. In some cases, they have returned to begin...
...divinity trip he offers his followers-far from the traditional admonitions to repentance. "The Bible says, 'with God all things are possible,'" he explains. "It also says 'all things are possible to one who believes.' Therefore the person who believes in himself is God." No soul-saving nonsense for Ike. "One thing even Jesus didn't do," he preaches, "he didn't save the world." As for prayer, Ike issues a warning: "When you kneel down to pray, you're putting yourself in a good position to get a kick in the behind...