Word: zeitgeist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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MARTIN KING had made it at Montgomery, out of his father's circumspection and into the public mind. His philosophical explanation for his transportation into public prominence characteristically was rooted in an intangible, "the Zeitgeist-the spirit of the times." Besides being a nifty sublimation of his ego-it wasn't me, but I'm the one who sees and says precisely what it was-his reasoning, if taken loosely, does bear upon the issue. If taken very loosely...
...Catholic exodus [Feb. 23] is also its genesis, its truth, its maturity. Out of this clerical Zeitgeist will emerge the pilgrim church of love, humanity and creativity, and on the final day of judgment I shall embrace every priest and nun who left for giving me the courage and the hope to remain...