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...charge ever brought against Goethe is less well founded than the charge of irreligion. The truth is that Goethe is the most religious of modern poets. To be sure, if you understand by religion merely the acceptance of the dogmas, Goethe was not religious, for he did not accept dogmas. Like Jacob of old he wrestled with the Lord...
Sirs : I suppose it would be a very nearly impossible thing for TIME, or any other publication, to adhere at all times to "just news." But as I understand it, that is, supposed to be TIME'S business. However, TIME sometimes publishes statements as news that are anything but news. In your issue of Sept. 28, Page 30, Column 2, you say that a contemporary of yours, The Independent, is "a very dull and amateurish sheet indeed." This isn't news; it is simply . . . opinion . . . The present writer has for several years been a reader of The Independent...
...understand the meaning of the English word, a liar is one who conveys false facts with intent to deceive. I did not make the statement reported and I have never attempted to deceive...
First, he saw the beauty of the world, as in imbecile might see it, with the eyes of innocence. To understand him it is unnecessary to understand anything that happened before him except the creation of man. Second, he expressed what he saw with a graphic accent. His sculptures are stone syllables of a speech men suddenly realize that they know...
...this universality of youthful spirit found throughout the world but most particularly characteristic of the 'prep' school and college, that I would like to continue to represent. A following among those, who, like myself, are still young enough to understand and sympathize with this spirit, is the approval I would value most highly...