Word: mankind
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...Dismal Conclusion?" Recognizing that "it is in the interest of all mankind that Antarctica shall continue forever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene or object of international discord," the 34-year treaty forbids any military use of Antarctica or any nuclear explosions there. To make sure no nation cheats, each signatory has the right of unlimited inspection. Each nation may establish bases for research or exploration wherever it pleases in Antarctica, but it must suspend its territorial claims for the duration of the treaty. In the meantime, no other claims will be recognized...
...came Sunday, when more than a million people streamed for the final Mass into the vast Theresienwiese fair grounds, surrounding a high wooden altar. Direct from Rome they heard a radio message from John XXIII: "You and we perceive with great concern what dark clouds of danger hover over mankind and how heavily the peace of nations is threatened. Therefore let us pray together and with great fervor that Jesus Christ the Prince of Peace illumine the spirits of the leaders of the states...
...origin of man, says Huxley, "the assertion of Roman Catholic theology that all mankind is descended from a single couple, instead of from a slowly evolving population, is certainly untrue; and its claim that, though natural evolution can only account for man's body, God is needed to account for his soul. is quite unjustified...
...prepared for a surprise that arose at Reading University, whose vice chancellor. Sir John Wolfenden, awarding him an honorary doctor of science degree, glowingly described the prince in the words of Poet John Dryden: A man so -various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all Mankind's Epitome...
...surprised that educated men, who are presumably aware of history, can believe that mankind is able to undergo a basic change in character-for the better or for the worse...