That the world is not the embodiment of an eternal rationality can be conclusively proved by the fact that the piece of the world ...that we know--I mean our human reason--is not so very rational. And if it is not eternally and completely wise and rational, then the rest of the world will not be either; here the conclusion a minori ad majus, a parte ad totum applies, and does so with decisive force.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past--a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
On such a night, when Air has loosed Its guardian grasp on blood and brain,... Old terrors then of god or ghost Creep from their caves to life again;LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Ah, yet, ere I descend to the grave, May I a small house and large garden have;... And a few friends, and many books, both true, Both wise, and both delightful too! And since love ne'er will from me flee, A mistress moderately fair, And good as guardian angels are, Only beloved and loving me.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I must admit that the existence of Disneyland (which I know is real) proves that we are not living in Judaea in 50 AD.... Saint Pa...ul would never go near Disneyland. Only children, tourists, and visiting Soviet high officials ever go to Disneyland. Saints do not.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The most condensed format of the conversionist motif is the TV commercial, which has become essential to both network and religiou...s broadcasting. Embedded in its structure are sentiments from our religious and political heritage: salvation and choice. Newness of life can now be associated with a change of heart about politics, the purchase of a new car, or the selection of a beverage. A Pepsi commercial, for example, designed to fit the charismatic personality and gifts of singer Michael Jackson, became an invitation to make a decision and join in. Images and sounds of the soft-drink ad drew viewers into a growing throng of happy, dancing people following the steps of a dynamic cultural hero. Even couch potatoes might have been roused, vicariously at least, to skip lightly behind the agile Jackson as he led his ecstatic followers to the right choice. The conversionist call in this instance is to come on up to the good life through Pepsi. Nonetheless it plays upon the persuasive motifs of turning around and becoming a part of something larger.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
More than ten million women march to work every morning side by side with the men. Steadily the importance of women is gaining not... only in the routine tasks of industry but in executive responsibility. I include also the woman who stays at home as the guardian of the welfare of the family. She is a partner in the job and wages. Women constitute a part of our industrial achievement.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If the guardian or the mother Tell the woes of willful waste,... Scorn their counsel and their pother, You can hang or drown at last.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »