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Elson's book points up the interesting origins of the two founders. Henry Luce: son of a devout Presbyterian missionary, born in China, his fondest memories of Fourth of July celebrations when the Americans clasped hands in the "hush of eventide" and sang My Country, 'Tis of Thee. He never could forget "a shameful, futile, endless two hours one Saturday afternoon when I rolled around the unspeakably dirty floor of the main schoolroom with a little British bastard who had insulted my country." Such experiences, he later felt, gave him a "too romantic, too idealistic view of America...
...Hail to thee, glorious scion of the Hellenic land...
...mother sounds a note of caution in the impassioned duet, Bide Thee, Bubbles, in Brooklyn, but Beverly exits, resolutely waving her contract and singing Addio, West Side Subway...
...sideswipe for sideswipe, right-of-way refused for right-of-way refused.' But I say unto you, 'Turn the other fender.' If someone gets in your way at a green light, let him be first at the next light. And whosoever shall try to pass thee imprudently with a less powerful car, slow down to let him do it more easily. I say unto you, love your enemies, love those who drive dangerously. They are in peril...
...Methodist Church, and E.U.B. Bishop Reuben H. Mueller of Indianapolis clasped hands across a table and pronounced a declaration of unity. Massed in the hall, 10,000 members of the two denominations followed suit, joining hands and reciting in unison: "Lord of the church, we are united in thee, in thy church, and now in the United Methodist Church. Amen...