Word: think
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...indignantly ruled that there would be no more weddings on Saturday; he wanted all his flock fit for Mass on Sunday. Once he called in a young chaplain and said: "Last night I observed you walking along the river bank with a widow. First, I do not think it proper that a young chaplain walk alone on a lonely road at night; second, I do not think it correct for him to walk with a young widow; and third, if you did these things, you should ask for your transfer. Please...
During the mile drive in his little car, they lost some of their shyness and began pelting him with excited questions. And as they rounded a curve and saw the red brick houses set in wide surrounding fields, one of them exclaimed: "Just think -a village...
Cried Preacher Fifield: "We think Congregationalism has a unique genius to contribute to the cause of freedom in the U.S. The merger will destroy that-the autonomous, free, local church in contrast to the capital-C church on the national level...
...think-and hence to talk clearly-a man must not only be conscious of the abstracting process, but he must also know the nature of a fact. He must remember that he never knows all about a "fact": there is always, as the count says, the "etc." Secondly, a fact (pencil x or John Smith) is not the same today as it was yesterday. A, despite Aristotle, is not always A. Therefore, "you must not think 'I am going in to dinner now,' " says the count. "You must think, 'I, February 1949, am going in to dinner...
Pencil Sub One. Finally, one thing is never like another-"not even two Ford cars are alike." It is inadequate to think "pencils." One must think "pencil sub one, pencil sub two, pencil sub three . . ." Failure to "index" leads to false generalizations. "Generalize all you want to," cries the count. "But don't trust...