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...knew what frame of mind the other fellow was in I could answer that better." But the best new plus for the West at this early date was the frame of mind of new Secretary of State Herter. In Paris he showed a sort of genial, mellow, welcoming warmth along with known professional skill. "He knows his dossier," said a French diplomat...
...academic atmosphere where shallow sophistication is often the social posture, and skepticism a handy critical tool, the beauty of personal warmth and kindness is frequently forgotten. But there are those who feel that a desire to hoard information like gold can never replace the certainty that learning should be sifted and tempered with humanity to breed wisdom...
...firmly convinced that political barriers between peoples can be overcome through singing. "I have seen people from different backgrounds all sing together and end up with a warmth they didn't realize existed. The world is full of fear and suspicion, and people are only afraid of each other--singing just breaks down these artificial barriers...
John XXIII has been on the throne of St. Peter only four months, but he is already the best-loved Pope of modern times. Rome has rarely known anyone like the stout, bustling, punchinello-faced old man, who combines warmth, wit and frankness with a dignity that is free of pomp. He is an able, creative, precedent-breaking administrator with a rare humility and an ever-present concern for people. He has been readier than any other Pope in memory to leave the Vatican, a man about town who likes nothing better than to dodge his chauffeurs and stomp through...
College may not be the proper time for this kind of sympathetic attitude; it is the time for scepticism. But scepticism need not be hostile; nor must selfconscious awareness of subjectivity prevent emotional involvement. Nothing would be more absurd than to strive for an artificial warmth or some sort of reinfused provincialism. Kindness and enthusiasm are natural qualities; the problem is to preserve them through college. Harvard offers a challenge to the student to maintain his intellectual intergrity in the face of the fashionable consensus, and to observe, while at college, the standards by which he intends to lead...