A Legacy of Experience December 29, 1946
There sometimes seems to be a disposition to assume that the lessons which another generation has learned don’t apply to the present. And seemingly on this assumption, young people are often...
Academic Freedom September 8, 1946
WE KNOW that in the halls of learning there must be freedom to speak the truth_freedom for the discovery of new truth, freedom for the acceptance of new truth, and also (sometimes overlooked)...
Antidote to Fear March 31, 1946
The news that continually breaks upon us would unsettle the lives of all of us if we would let it. We are daily exposed to report and counterreport, to opinion and counteropinion, to accusation and...
Appraisal of Success June 16, 1946
THERE are many in life who seem to discover a formula for success, according to their own time and circumstances. Some find it earlier, and some later_and in many different ways, some seemingly with...
Are Men Immortal? April 21, 1946
There is no compromising with death. We may differ much in our preparedness to meet it but not in our ability to avoid it. And the prospect would be dark indeed except for the return from death to...
Delayed Consequences June 2, 1946
If consequences were always obvious and immediate, most of us would take our daily performance more seriously. But some of the premiums and penalties for what we do or don’t do are not always...
Devotees of Defamation November 17, 1946
Always among us, it seems, are some who find pleasure or profit in defaming the character of others. And those who are so inclined don’t always confine their activities to people they know....
Discipline for Living February 17, 1946
None of us can count with certainty on any prolonged period of tranquillity. When things seem to be going about as we would have them gowhen at last it seems that we might relax and live according...
Encroachment by Precedent December 8, 1946
THERE is a principle of common law to the effect that a privilege, long continued, may come to be looked upon as a right. For example, if we permit a man to walk over our property once, we have...
Flattery March 3, 1946
To see and to say sincerely complimentary things about others is a gracious custom that does much to make life livable. But, as always, along with the genuine and the good come the counterfeit and...
Know This--That Every Soul Is Free… January 20, 1946
There seems to be an inborn desire in men to have others think as they think, and to believe as they believe. All of us are pleased when others share our views. Certainly in some respects it would...
Looking at Our Own Load December 15, 1946
When someone sets out to deceive someone else, he is more likely to be successful if he deceives with similarities rather than with obvious differences. If falsehood were not sometimes so subtly...
On Appraising People April 14, 1946
Consciously or otherwise, we tend to appraise and to classify everyone we see or meet or casually observe. We like their appearance or we do not. We think we would enjoy more of their company or we...
On Beginning Where We Are January 6, 1946
Often when we wish we might be something other than what we are, we don’t seem to know where to begin or how. We fix our eyes upon far goals and sometimes assume that they may be approached...
On Being Convincing February 3, 1946
To live happily and successfully we have to learn how to get along with people. And one important factor in getting along with people is to deserve their confidenceto be convincingly sincere. Then...
On Being Pulled Between Parents June 9, 1946
WHEN THERE is conflict and confusion at home, it is disheartening and discouraging to parents and children alike. Where such conflict and confusion do exist, there may be many reasons. Among those...
On Being Wrong and Admitting It September 29, 1946
THERE is an ancient but ageless statement accredited to Aristotle which says that “Some men are just as firmly convinced of what they think as others are of what they know.”13 Perhaps we...
On Calling Evil by Its Right Name November 3, 1946
ALL THIS may have been long ago, and it may not have been just as it now appears to have been_but we seem to have remembered or to have read of a time when the demarcation between good and evil was...
On Doing a Good Thing Without Being Told September 22, 1946
IT IS a source of sincere satisfaction to any parent to have a child who knows how to receive instructions and how to carry them out; to have a son or a daughter who does precisely what he is told...
On Getting Along With People August 11, 1946
One of the most important things in life is learning to get along with the people we have to live with. The question of peace itself—at home and worldwide—revolves around our being able to do just...