Word: truths
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mistress (Japanese). A poignant restatement of the timeless truth that a social problem is a moral problem, which can only have a religious solution...
...Terms. As military leader, Ike assured the world that there would be no ground war over Berlin. Some strategists thought that by saying this, the President (who has had some experience around Berlin) gave away part of his bargaining power, part of his choice of alternatives; but its military truth in the face of overwhelming Communist manpower in Europe could hardly be disputed...
...here and enlarged it there-until finally the good sisters had to stop because Venice is on the sea and splash! they ran the risk of falling in." He concluded: "Now let us pray for you, for your families, and also for the Pope-because, to tell the truth, I want to live a long time. I like to live...
...deepest sense, not as a wish to avoid causing pain, but as a constant consideration and valuation of feelings, it contradicts the most sacred critical canons. It is thought to be a sign of the rankest tender-mindedness and most erroneous subjectivity, a barrier to any sort of harsh truth...
There are those, however, who believe that kindness, rather than interfering with the search for truth, can greatly help in this search; that emotions and sensitivity do have a legitimate role in scholarly activity; and that, in any intellectual conversation, whether with writings or with other people, kindness can only lend depth and humanity. The gap in time and traditions, the obstructions to communication can be over-come by the desire to understand. The ability to be convinced depends in great measure on warm and generous feelings toward other ideas and aspirations...