Word: soule
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat; Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! Be jubilant, my feet...
...ever expected this kind of response to last week's record quiz, we would have both packed up all our Strawberry Alarm Clock records and headed to Guadaloupe. In a word, the response was amazing. Over forty people rationalized themselves into thinking that it would be good for their soul to take an hour or so off in the middle of exams to do this inane amalgamation of tune teasers...
...even while the nation is looking cautiously ahead, it is also reaching back, trying to get a grip on its soul. There were cheers and gasps of admiration a few months ago for those square-riggers in the Hudson, spectacular symbols of a graceful youth. Later there were good-natured chuckles when the regulars of George Washington's command sloshed by boat across the now leaden and polluted waters of the Delaware River-as they had 200 years ago-to surprise the Hessians in Trenton the day after Christmas. In most hearts there was a residue of admiration...
...since she joined him in an unsuccessful suicide pact last November. On sleepless nights in prison, Gilmore said, he has been haunted by ghosts. "They're slippery, sneaky, and get tangled in your hair like bats . . . demons with dirty, furry bodies whispering vile things . . . creeping, crawling, red-eyed soul less beasts. They bite and claw, scratch and screech...
Like the cells about which he writes, the essayist battles on, searching not only for the sources of the body's ills, but for the far more elusive thing that theologians call the soul. He recognizes, ultimately, that the Grail he seeks is less likely to be found in floodlit operating rooms than in the darkness of the mind. "It is not the surgeon who is God's darling," concludes Selzer. "It is the poet who heals with his words, stanches the flow of blood, stills the rattling breath, applies poultice to the scalded flesh...