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...sooner did the U.S. press publish the design than a storm of protests blew in on the Navy Department. Like Designer Burnham, the protesters were all Protestants. The state of Washington's Council of Churches found the design "sacrilegious ... an utter mockery of the sacredness of worship. . . . Weapons of war might as well be placed on the altar or pulpit as to allow this horrible creation ... to desecrate the sanctuary of worship." The influential Christian Century found it "rather shocking to see that symbol of gentleness and grace" holding a warship, but was thankful that "the figure of Christ...
...farm blocs, international cartels, war profiteers ? . . " There are no doubt honest and conscientious individuals in Congress. (I have recognized no statesmen.) One has only to study their faces, pictured at various times in your magazine, listen to their immature mouthings over the radio, to realize their heartbreaking deficiencies, their utter lack of true greatness. . . . The peace, I am afraid, is already lost...
...fear of blindness is a very real and ugly thing. Fear can only be overcome by understanding the thing that causes it. The fear of blindness is the fear of utter darkness, a physical darkness that leads to a darkness of the mind. It is also the fear . . . of helplessness . . . of loss of earning capacity. It is also a fear of loneliness, of sentimental pity, of being placed by one's friends in a world apart...
...will be held at Brooks House from 3:30 to 5:30 o'clock and all civilian and V-12 students are invited. The usual non-alcoholic beverages will be served but far more important is the chance that here at last, after almost two weeks of utter stagnation, is your chance to gaze upon the flower of American womanhood and perhaps form the acquaintance of a life time...
...first tryin, I asked my patient to bring his flute and play for me, with the new teeth in position. . . . Trouble was discovered almost at once. After playing for a few moments, my musical patient laid his instrument aside with an air of utter resignation. 'Doctor, that depression in the center of the palate is no good for me-the air becomes stranded in the hollow. I can't produce a normal legato...