Contemporary Forum: American Speeches on Twentieth-century IssuesCompanion volume to "American forum - speeches on historic issues, 1788-1900". American speeches on twentieth-century issues. |
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Even in ordinary times there are very few of us who do not see the problems of life as through a glass , darkly ; and when the glass is clouded by the murk of furious popular passion , the vision of the best and the bravest is dimmed .
Even in ordinary times there are very few of us who do not see the problems of life as through a glass , darkly ; and when the glass is clouded by the murk of furious popular passion , the vision of the best and the bravest is dimmed .
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assume that all we need do is apply to present and future problems " eternal " truths revealed in earlier ages is likely to stifle creative imagination and intellectual daring . Such an assumption may blind us to new problems and the ...
assume that all we need do is apply to present and future problems " eternal " truths revealed in earlier ages is likely to stifle creative imagination and intellectual daring . Such an assumption may blind us to new problems and the ...
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Without it he could not understand a social problem . He could not criticize a social institution . He would be without the weapons needed to attack or to defend one . He could not tell a good one from a bad one .
Without it he could not understand a social problem . He could not criticize a social institution . He would be without the weapons needed to attack or to defend one . He could not tell a good one from a bad one .
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Contents
THE PROGRESSIVE ERA | 3 |
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS DEBATE | 51 |
MODERNISM VS FUNDAMENTALISM IN RELIGION | 87 |
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| Title | Contemporary Forum: American Speeches on Twentieth-century Issues |
| Author | Ernest J. Wrage |
| Editors | Ernest J. Wrage, Barnet Baskerville |
| Publisher | Harper, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 376 pages |
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