Word: steadfastedly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...simple life of toil and worship is that of Amish Colony of the Mennonite sect on the central Illinois flats. Tilling the soil on large farms, its rugged members have always opposed modern machinery on theological grounds. The Colony was steadfast even during the World War, when increased production would have meant bigger profits. Last week the Mennonites compromised. First, rain had held up planting. Second, heat had felled horses. After prayer and conference, the Mennonite elders voted to rent some tractors, to hire some drivers. But piously they vowed that as soon as they caught up, out would...
Bertrand Russell is still at his priestlike task. Not only bright but steadfast, he surveys civilization with a calm and rationalistic eye, preaches to an increasing congregation the virtues of Reason. Russell's lucidity has rarely faltered, but of late years his published sermons have seemed at times a little thin. Now he admits his recent books were "mainly pot-boilers"; but says of The Scientific Outlook: "For my part, though I says it as shouldn't, I think it is a very good book." Its purpose: "To show up all the scientists who talk about religion...
...sufferings of Washington's army have made this place famous. ... It is a shrine to the things of the spirit and the soul. . . . Here men endured that a nation might live. . . . They met the crisis with steadfast fortitude. . . . We pay tribute to those in all wars who have stood steadfast. . . . The American people are going through another Valley Forge at this time. It is an hour of unusual stress and trial. You have each your special cause of anxiety. So, too, have I. The whole nation is beset with the difficulties incident to a world-wide depression. . . . Many have...
...claim that the source of all wisdom is in the Government. Such battles as we are in the midst of today cannot be won by any single stroke, by any one strategy sprung from the mind of any single genius. . . . Valley Forge met such a challenge to steadfastness in times and terms of war. Our test is to meet this challenge in times and terms of peace. . . . We are enduring sufferings and we are assailed by temptations. If we weaken, as Washington did not, we shall be writing the introduction to the fall of American institutions. . . . If, by the grace...
...express with my natural-I hope natural-modesty that it gives one pleasure to see oneself portrayed in a better fashion than the normal snap photograph. [This picture] may serve as an antidote to some of the current portraits under which I suffer. . . . "This club has stood steadfast. ... Its membership has stood steadfast. . . . After two years of fever and tumult in Washington, I assure you this is a gratifying occasion." That the club had not required a formal address from him moved President Hoover to remark: "When a large number of segments of our population are seeking relief, that...