Word: apologist
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...tendency of newspapers to leature vice and scandal has usually been deplored: but even the yellowest of modern journals finds a defender or an apologist in the person of Dr. James Lee, Dean of Journalism at New York University. Basing his argument on the unusual theory that the "wages of sin are publicity" Dr. Lee apparently suggests that such sheets perform the useful task of rewarding iniquity. No less startling is his opinion that "the more space that is devoted to an erring minister the finer the tribute to the clergy as a whole...
...Soviet Internationale, the Vatican, British Labor. Such omissions are not of vital moment, yet it is pertinent to consider that Russian representation has been limited to the seven-years discredited Tsarist officials, and that the Labor movement of Great Britain is as yet without an exponent or apologist at Williamstown...
...current information upon Soviet Russia his book may be of some use to the general public; as a record of Professor Ross's opinions it may be interesting to his pupils; but to the student of contemporary Russian history it will be of little help. Even to the confirmed apologist for Soviet Russia it will bring little of real comfort--its "proofs" are not convincing and its inaccuracies are too many. But it will probably be widely quoted...
...latest loss is not the least. For by his sincere devotion to the cause of his nation, no less than by his declaration of allegiance to the United States, Kuno Francke has won the admiration of even the most intemperate enemies of Germany. He was the last active apologist of the German cause at Harvard, and now that he has gone, we shall miss the candor, the tolerance, the whole-heartedness, which he contributed to discussion...
...term "apology" is not really adequate, for Pascal was more than an apologist for religion; he aimed not only at writing an abstract defence of religion, but also at converting the atheists and re-establishing true Christianity against those who partially confused it with paganism. The originality in Pascal's point of view lies in this: from a consideration of human nature he shows that communion with the Christian God is necessary for a man to re-establish harmony within his being. Thus a rational connection is shown between man's nature and his spiritual life. This view we must...