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Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue to exist, a wonderful living side by side can grow up, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see each other whole against the sky.
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Ripped From The Headlines Keynes's remark that in the long run we will all be dead is quoted more often than the sentence that follows it: "Economists set themselves too easy, too useless a task if in the tempestuous seasons t... view
Give Me A Straightforward Adversary Gentlemen, I do not mind being contradicted, and I am unperturbed when I am attacked, but I confess I have slight misgivings when I hear myself being explained. view
Why College Courses Are So Esoteric The particular courses offered in colleges and universities often also reflect the professors' convenience more so than the students' educational needs. For example, a history department may offer a c... view
The More Things Change... I often have to arrange talks years in advance. If I am asked for a title, I suggest "The Current Crisis in the Middle East." It has yet to fail. view
Huh? If the meanings of "true" and "false" were switched, then this sentence wouldn't be false. view
Stylistic Variance Does Not Establish Multiple Authors [The argument goes that because there are marked contrasts in style within the book of Isaiah, there must be multiple authors who each contributed different sections of the book.] ...such differences ... view
Tricked For Their Own Good A German nursing home has come up with a novel idea to stop Alzheimer's patients from wandering off: a phantom bus stop.... "It sounds funny," said Old Lions Chairman Franz-Josef Goebel, "but it he... view