Word: counting
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Negative: The late, great Count Leo Tolstoy, novelist and seer...
...orchestra of the crowded Madrid theatre which madly cheered Don Jose, sat Spain's reputed richest man, Count Romanones, quiet, alert, ready to jump with his millions to the side on which Victory should perch...
...Years ago I debated this problem with Count Tolstoy," he began. "I maintained to Tolstoy that one must be allowed to defend himself. He said: 'No. We should not resist evil, men. If another Genghis Khan should come along and we defend ourselves, we would only anger him and more of us would become his victims. If we did not resist, he would kill a few, but soon desist...
...formulated the problem differently from Tolstoy, thus: If any aggressor falls upon me, a situation will occur in which one of us-according to Count Tolstoy- will be killed. But if one of us is to be killed it should be the attacker. To defend one's self is morally permissible. A strong man does not threaten but is prepared...
Henry Ford does not count, if we are to base his judgment upon his peace conference plan and trip which was, as we all know, a decided farce. Very truly yours, Robt. N. Carson...