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...essential dignity of man, and 4) the right of the individual to hold and administer private property, subject to his responsibilities to his fellowmen. Christian Democracy began as a Christian Socialism and gradually moved towards center and right. Originally, its intention was to escape the bleak godlessness of both left and right, while avoiding the charge of church domination, particularly domination by the Vatican. Trying to oppose materialism, while meeting it on its own good ground of material welfare for all, involves difficulties. "The Christian is a citizen of two worlds," says Catholic Philosopher Heinrich Rommen, "the City...
Trudging across this bleak land last week, surrounded by adoring crowds wherever he went, was a gentle, half-deaf little wisp of a man, dressed in the garb of poverty-a homespun dhoti and cheap brown canvas sneakers-but lighted by a flame of authority that has made him one of India's most notable spiritual leaders. His name is Vinoba Bhave (pronounced bah vay). He has no place in the government or any other secular organization; he is what Hindus call an acharya (preceptor). Only a land with holy cities, sacred rivers and thin margins between want...
...British Playwright Emlyn (Night Must Fall) Williams has successfully read from the master's works in 43 U.S. cities. Still whiskered and white-tied, Williams was back on Broadway last week. On certain evenings, he repeats last season's bill; on others, he offers a one-man Bleak House...
...Bleak House is cut to a 25th of its length; unabridged, says Williams, it would take more than 60 hours to perform. The present arrangement is clearly preferable and often pleasant. As sheer virtuosity, Williams' impersonation of 36 characters, his skill as a vocal quick-change artist, is exceptional. As theatrical entertainment, the sayings and doings of such comic creations as Mrs. Jellyby and Mrs. Pardiggle and Harold Skimpole are often great fun. And for the evening as a whole, Williams provides at least a loose rubber band of a story...
...main trouble with it all is that it's no longer Bleak House. Its story might just squeak through as something called Lady Dedlock's Secret, though even the book's main plot gets misted over, besides being by now almost too stagy for the stage. And though the drastic cutting at times has its points-it largely silences sweet, virtuous-Esther Summerson, that English cousin of Elsie Dinsmore-it far oftener has its penalties. All but vanished are the things that really make Bleak House notable-its satire on the Court of Chancery, its vast, varied...