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Excerpt(s): "History, according to Popper, has no meaning. It is the chronicle of international crime and mass murder and takes no account of the tears and suffering of mankind. [...] There can not consequently exist one universally valid philosophy of history...
...take a stand against your government? Did you die in the line of duty? But the crucial tests come more often—in fact, they come everyday. Those common courtesies—which today are not so common—are tests of whether you respect all mankind. And you can see the angst that the lack of them has caused on campus. Young people today have lots of “contacts,” but few friends. When you don’t take the time to respect the people around you, it’s hard...
According to the Wolf Foundation’s website, the non-profit organization annually awards $100,000 grants to scientists and artists “for achievements in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among peoples.” Grants are awarded in six categories: agriculture, chemistry, medicine, physics, arts, and mathematics...
...Connor’s exercise in vicious catharsis. These brutal acts of violence become a radical form of the Catholic concept of grace. In O’Connor’s fiction, God’s grace manifests itself in the human world through violence, and the reaction of mankind is often no more than ambivalence or even scorn...
...even when not invoking ethnic stereotypes, Steele’s uncontrollable logorrhea has never failed to undermine the Republican message. For example, during the debate of the Democrats’ stimulus plan, Steele audaciously proclaimed that “You and I know that in the history of mankind and womankind, government—federal, state, local, or otherwise—has never created one job. It’s destroyed a lot of them. It’s hampered a lot of them.” This is a curious statement considering that the very job that Steele...