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...present a special medal* to him, Stalin, Churchill and (posthumously) Roosevelt. De Gaulle approved the other three, but bowed himself out with giraffe-like grace. Said he, updating Louis XIV: "Governments do not decorate themselves. The acts that I accomplished were done at a time when I exercised the function of Chief of State...
...which is that we have come to the end of the post-Renaissance chapter of history which made man the measure of all things. . . . We are witnessing the death of Historical Liberalism . . . which, like a sundial, is unable to tell the time in the dark, and which can function only in a society whose basis is moral...
...their attempt to cover a wide range of interest, the editors have not gone off the deep end. Rightly understanding that their proper function is first of all as a student magazine, they have placed as the two lead articles a report on the recent Chicago conference which culminated in the decision to form a National Union of Students, as well as an outline of the methods and ideals of the British National Union of Students...
...Giuseppe Saragat, sometimes called the Leon Blum of Italy, and Nenni's bitterest enemy. He had come to secede. In a strong, clear voice he deplored "this moment of grief." He said: "Our party has fallen into the hands of men who no longer believe in its historical function as an independent party. If we had one hope in a thousand that we could redirect the present Socialist Party towards its true role, we would remain. This hope we do not have. We must give the laboring masses a true Socialist Party which can be their faithful instrument...
...Europe's once great power made it no longer feasible to look to that continent as the guardian of a civilization called European, or Western; the U.S. had become the heir of Athens and Rome simply because it was the only nation able to carry out the function of a trustee. In a trustee, good will and generosity are not enough; he must also exercise with requisite vigor the authority of his office...