A Mighty Emire One of the anomalies of our approach to history is the propensity to study the venerable empire of Europe, but we do not feel it incumbent upon us to ascertain anything about the civilizations in our own hemisphere. We deprecate the history of this part of the world as though progress lay …
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Well Done, Sir Knight!
Seeking his adversaries the knight rides to their hide-out. Despite his callow appearance, he is reputed to disdain danger and to be prodigious horseman. The kidnappers lose their equanimity at his approach. They are appalled at the prospect, and they are quandary as to which one will meet him on the field of combat. The …
To the Rescue
Back at the castle, the situation is taut with emotion. The fair maiden’s mother is livid with fear and anxiety; she has attacks of vertigo. When talk about her daughter’s audacity in riding out into the ominous forests despite many similar kidnappings. The girl’s father, a martinet who rules his family with an iron hand, …
Woe Is Me!
The raconteur of our story about idyllic times gone by goes on to elucidate how the comely heroine is taken to the bandits hide-out. There, a sullen crew of cutthroats is gathered. They don’t wish to procrastinate; she must be taken immediately to a foreign land where much treasure will be paid to her. Their …
In Days of Yore
Current novels are replete with lurid crimes, carnage, and death. Do you get wistful when you recall the romantic tales which begin with an innocent maiden traveling through the rustic countryside? She is dressed in glittering raiment. The scene is idyllic. Without warning, the group is set upon by a virile brigand, who, the most …
The Island of Wild Dog
The saga on introduction of that diminutive song bird, the canary, into the homes of the world as tame pets is an interesting one. In the sixteenth century a trading ship going to Italy stopped at an island named “Canis,” from the Latin word for wild dog, which could be found there in profuse numbers, …
A Philosopher for Our Time
Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher who is reputed to be the forerunner of the current vogue of existentialism. In appearance he was a frail and ungainly man. An extremely erudite thinker and writer, he was a potent force in propagating the new approach to live. His philosophy would excoriate those who believed that man …
Good News – and Bad
One of the latent dangers indigenous to our constitutional guarantee of freedom of the press has to do with the protection of the individual against the detriment that might come from news reports involving him. There are libel laws which protect against false charges. If an individual believes his character or livelihood have been damaged …
Have We Mastered Our Environment?
Natural disasters tend to nullify the best efforts of mankind. It is as though there are forces at work that are contemptuous of our proud achievements. Who has not read of or seen the waters which deluge our towns and cities, jeopardizing lives and culminating in the destruction of the results of endless work in …
Just Be Yourself
Socially, the handicapped person is often treated as a pariah. Most people hold themselves aloof from normal contact with those who are “different.” This social separation propagates additional feelings of antipathy. If the normal individual would socialize with the handicapped individual, he would learn in a pragmatic way that these are people who happen to …