Word: intellect
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Though Graham has never, to my knowledge, spoken out on behalf of the poor, it seems legitimate to conclude that his almost exclusive emphasis upon soul saving is his passionate center, even his authentic obsession. And there, whatever his inadequacies of intellect or of spiritual discernment, Graham has ministered to a particular American need: the public testimony of faith. He is the recognized leader of what continues to call itself American evangelical Protestantism, and his life and activities have sustained the self-respect of that vast entity. If there is an indigenous American religion--and I think there is, quite...
...chosen to be a public intellectual, andhe brings to that wide learning and very sharppower of intellect," Rampersad says. "He isseeking to bridge the gap between the academy andthe world outside, especially on race...
David Foster Wallace's Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (Little, Brown; 274 pages; $24) is a mixed bag of 23 essays and short stories that display a range of intellect and talent that is unseemly for any one writer to have, let alone show off. Like the author's earlier work, this collection is designed to keep readers from getting too comfortable. You know the feeling if you had trouble keeping up with the plot lines, arcana and footnotes that spread like kudzu through the 1,000 pages of Wallace's 1996 novel, Infinite Jest...
...possesses an extraordinary combination of great intellect, deep experience in the broad range of issues that he deals with, and an acute practical common sense as well as a very good sense of humor about himself," he said...
...Adams House senior, who is also a Crimson editor, received a standing ovation after being praised by Seton as "the epitome of integrity and intellect...