Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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TIME acknowledges its theological inefficiency in an ancient controversy, apologies to Mrs. Sanger. Scriptural evidence concerning the Holy Family is scant. Roman Catholics believe that Jesus was a unique child, that Luke's report ''She brought forth her first-born son." "does not prove at all that Mary had other children." Other exegetes reason that Joseph had several children, although Mary but one. Most Bible readers take the Book literally, see no derogation to Jesus in his having brothers and sisters as well as other sibs (blood relations).-ED. Hollandish Opening...
...large number of dowagers crowded into the ancient elevator of New York's Wildenstein Galleries last week to ride up to a most extraordinary family exhibi-tion-the work of the talented La Farges, children and grandchildren of the late great John La Farge, mural painter, designer of stained glass windows. Many a U. S. family boasts greater painters, few can claim such a diffusion of talent as the clan La Farge...
...many U.S. magazine readers ever see a copy of Punch, London's most ancient & honorable humorous weekly (founded 1841). Not many who see Punch do more than look at the pictures, read the often ponderously British captions underneath, wonder what the English see in them to smile at. And there the occa- sional Punch reader is too hasty, for hidden away in those oldfashioned, closely printed columns are to be found many a quip and crank that would wreathe even an alien reader in smiles. For the past three years Alan Patrick Herbert, Punch staff member and tireless contributor...
...conscious of this great dignity, of this great honor you do me. I know the background of a senate chamber. I know that the members of this body realize what it is to be a senator, when you go back and understand and recall what a senate was in ancient Rome. . . . When the barbarians entered Rome and saw the senate in session they thought first of all that they were simply nothing alive, but statues in marble, so dignified were they...
...Even as the senate of ancient Rome, so those of other senates were elected by the people and by them authorized to legislate for the welfare of mankind, and that is what you do when you legislate for your own people. So therefore I may say sincerely that I am very glad to be here...