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...firm conclusion. Nevertheless, if it is slight in contemporary analysis, "The Pursuit of Happiness" is first-rate intellectual history. A lively synthesis of many fields, packed with amusing bits of judicial curiosa, it shows with precision the American, his ideas about happiness, and the ways he has tried to attain...
...find your recent gobbledygook about Gnosticism revolting. You and the Pope can play God if you want to, but whether or not man can ultimately attain perfection is far beyond the depth of either of you, let alone anything to do with newsreporting...
Dentist Rodriguez sees little danger that indiscriminate use of his fluid will upset the earth's nitrogen cycle by cutting town the supply of decaying animal tissue. His formula, he admits, may never attain such worldwide acceptance...
...will encourage the aspirations of captive people ... It is going to be a gradual process. This is the beginning, not the end ... I believe that this resolution-if taken as I hope with virtual unanimous support of the Congress-will resound through the ages, and will in due course attain a dignity and position in history comparable with that of the Declaration of Independence and the Monroe Doctrine...
...Secretary of Defense: Instead of repeatedly calling on God to witness what a tremendous monetary sacrifice he made in accepting the post . . . Engine Charlie should be thanking God that he lives under a Government which makes it possible for men like him to attain such financial success...