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...wrought by Benvenuto Cellini. But the finest treasures of all in the $80,000,000 loan exhibition had been put together with only a few dollars worth of paint and canvas. Among them were seven Tintorettos, twelve Titians, nine Rubenses, six Velasquezes, Dürer's big, bloody Martyrdom of the 10,000 Christians and Vermeer's marble-cool masterpiece, The Artist in His Studio...
There is one point, however, which I would like to clarify. Although it was perhaps not intended by the writer, one could draw the conclusion that Larry had deliberately sought martyrdom, and that now, by applying for parole, he is relinquishing his former position and seeking a quick way out. Larry is a teacher who was trying to mind his own business. When one of his students decided upon the "hard and lonely road" of a non-registrant, we indeed "hustled to his aid," but with no idea that giving moral support and comfort to him constituted a violation...
...President Truman's aides: "These conchies give you nothing but grief and trouble. They won't even apply for parole-they just sit there in jail making martyrs of themselves and stirring up trouble." But there were signs that Larry Gara had also had his fill of martyrdom. Last week a minister friend was trying to find a job for him and a place to live, so that he could put in a formal application for parole. Wrote Gara to the minister: "The days now go rather rapidly, but the weeks creep and the months seem very long...
...Gift of God. During the summer and fall of 1947 a sort of premonition of Gandhi's martyrdom had oppressed Sheean; he spoke of it to friends and editors and finally persuaded Editor Ted Patrick of Holiday to send him to India. In New Delhi, he hung around with other American reporters during the days of Gandhi's last fast, then went...
...stood behind the microphone while the delegates cheered. Said he: "I stand at attention before the legion of sorrow." He continued: "They say we are sentimentalists, that we long for a past which died with one man. But we are like the apostles who gained their faith through the martyrdom of Christ...