Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...column The Presidency, at least insofar as the May 10 issue is concerned, is a misnomer. Why not make it "Pan the President?" The problems which necessarily plague the leader of a great democracy in wartime you term a "mess." Then, from out of the depths of your infallible wisdom, you conclude-"The mess was, in the last analysis, of his own making...
Nazis in the Woodpile. The Allies can thank Sweden for the cold-blooded wisdom of refusing to allow British and French troops transit to the Finnish-Russian front in 1940. Had that been allowed, the alignment of Russia on the side of the Allies might never have occurred. Now the Swedes quibble ever absolute neutrality by insisting that troops moving between Norway and Germany carry no arms...
...Harvard, my days here are not without meaning. You have shown me a tradition of humane service, and that tradition is mine. You showed me the wisdom of the ages, and that wisdom is mine. You have shown me dignity in all peoples, and that dignity is mine. All this is part of me. You have given me a goal which will not be attained, but you have shown that only as I strive for this goal will my life be worth the living...
...vital statistics of Congressional balloting should show such a statement to be an indulgence of wishful thinking. Mr. Willkie's Republican colleagues are mostly sterile or poisonous so far as international thinking is involved. Nevertheless, Willkie's breadth of thought may influence the G. O. P. to a greater wisdom. In any event, he is their only candidate...
Willkie's sincerity cannot be doubted, despite an over-recurrence to the scenes of Rush County, Indiana, he is earnest and impeachably honest. His stature and wisdom has measurably increased since the last campaign; his education is an unending process. We like you, Mr. Willkie. But Wendell--why did you ever leave the Democratic Party...