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...seems that Emily Dickinson suffered an irreparable lack of affection from her mother and that she feared her father terribly. Her mother, from the wisps of evidence that remain, seems to have been a nonentity and herself, emotionally stunted. She brought her children up by a Victorian Dr. Spock that would have been enough to curdle any child's blood, let alone the extraordinarily sensitive, intelligent children that were hers. Edward Dickinson, Emily's father, was a severe and joyless Puritan, more interested in politics than his family, a conflict which he could never resolve...
...Benjamin Spock also spoke at the rally and urged the crowd "to work both within and without the electoral system...
...political course of the U.S. Undeniably the U.S. can and does manipulate the law to punish political dissenters. Yet unlike the ideological prisoners of Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia, America's antiEstablishmentarians have been able to use the legal system to defend themselves, often with success. Dr. Spock's conviction for conspiring to counsel young men in draft evasion was reversed. The Black Panthers, who see "politics" in every prosecution attempt, have an extraordinarily successful acquittal record. Even Angela Davis has written: "We will not infer that fascism in its full maturity has descended upon us. We must...
...mother and a Jewish intellectual who had become an Anglican priest. She lived through London's bombing raids and moved to the U.S. in 1948. Her commitment to matters political in part reflects the concerns of her husband, Writer Mitchell Goodman, who last year, along with Dr. William Spock, was convicted for urging students to resist the draft. But Levertov's most recent verse has been increasingly personal, an austere mixture of poise and passion...
...leaders of the march expect to be arrested before reaching the Pentagon, possibly at the Monument itself. However, they hope that the presence of SCLC leaders Ralph D. Abernathy and Hosea Williams, and noted pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock will attract attention to antiwar demands. They also expect to tie up large numbers of police and block traffic as they are being arrested...