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...vain hands bent on sacrifice or clasped in prayer we see; The ways of God are not exactly what those ways should be. The swindler and the ruffian lead pleasant lives enough, While judgments overtake the good and many a sharp rebuff . . . And if great God Almighty fails to keep the balance true, What can we hope that paltry mortal magistrates will...
...bolder sort than Vichy's, but argues that he had no proved following in French territory until later in the war. Langer also echoes opinions widely held in wartime Washington and London: De Gaulle too had his share of "semi-fascist political and social views"; he was "personally vain and ambitious, self-centered and almost impossible to deal with...
Jack Barnaby's Varsity tennis squad travelled to Columbia in vain yesterday with wet grounds forcing cancellation of the match. No new playing date has been set as yet, leaving Saturday's match with Pennsylvania next on the agenda...
...What means this turmoil among the nations? Why do the peoples cherish vain dreams? See how the kings of the earth stand in array, how its rulers make common cause, against the Lord. . . . Princes, take warning; learn your lesson, you that rule the world. Tremble, and serve the Lord, rejoicing in His presence, but with awe in your hearts; kiss the rod, do not brave the Lord's anger, and go astray from the sure path. When the fire of His vengeance blazes out suddenly, happy are they who find their refuge...
...brought into focus. Lord can record the official acts and pronouncements of Editor (Wallaces' Farmer, New Republic), Agriculture Secretary. Commerce Secretary and Vice President Wallace, but the man himself eludes him. Wallace, to Lord, "is my kind of guy." but readers will look in vain for something of Wallace's personal life, his tastes and habits. Nor does Lord document, though he tries to support, Fiorello LaGuardia's estimate of Wallace as "just a humble little man who has lived the Sermon on the Mount...