Pascal Quote on Piety and Politeness
A Pascal aphorism notes that Christian piety annihilates the ego and worldly politeness masks and suppresses it. The line reflects on inner humility versus outward manners in moral life.
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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1956
Page
4
A Pascal aphorism notes that Christian piety annihilates the ego and worldly politeness masks and suppresses it. The line reflects on inner humility versus outward manners in moral life.
Stanley C. Allyn of National Cash Register leads the American UNESCO delegation at its 10th anniversary meeting in New Delhi. He argues American business must back cultural and educational exchange to strengthen mutual trust and world understanding.
Adlai Stevenson declares he is no longer a presidential candidate after U S News and World Report survey. He says twice is enough and notes two patterns from the survey followed his statement.
The former governor refrains from a third presidential bid as Democratic gains west of the Mississippi and Republican advances in the Solid South redefine 1956 politics. Republicans increase House votes by 640,000 in 11 states, rising from 15 to 23.3 percent and gaining one seat.
In Minneapolis Sen. Hubert Humphrey urged a liberal Republican Democratic coalition to bolster the federal farm program and curb communism abroad. He implied a return to an Eisenhower era idea for a new party to counter the GOP right wing.
Citizens on Gov Free man's tax study committee have held 60 meetings and prepared a forthcoming exhaustive report on the state tax system. Chairman J Cameron Thomson and the other volunteers are lauded for their single minded devotion and unsalaried public service.
The Du Pont study shows small companies compose over nine tenths of its 75 000 customers and 30 000 suppliers. Both sides rely on each other as most American business firms are small and serve as reliable customers and suppliers to large corporations.
The article argues U S foreign policy is made in the State Department by tradition though presidents and White House aides increasingly shape it. It traces roles of secretaries like Hay Root Hughes Hull Marshall Acheson and Eisenhower era changes with Stassen Jackson and Dulles amid Suez and Budapest tensions. It notes questions about who sets policy and the impact of multiple power centers.
The Pan American Coffee Bureau finds Swedes drink 16.1 pounds per year at about $1.50 a pound, topping a list that includes Americans at 15.8 pounds and Finns at 15.4 pounds. Danes and Norwegians follow at 14 and 13.7 pounds with roughly $1.50 and $4 per pound. Despite West European gains, the United States still imports more than half the world’s coffee.
The column blends ironic notes on car rationing gimmicks and Rose Bowl ticket shortages with a quirky Mason City product joke. It then shifts to a lurid tale of labor racketeering linked to the United Automobile Workers Union AFL and its Allied Industrial Workers.
Los Angeles faces 10 million dollars yearly on anti smog while a Senate inquiry probes AFL CIO Chicago local leaders. Witness Anthony Doria defends gifts of watches rings and trips amid concerns over union dues and funds. Senator Douglas Allott question propriety and legality of expenditures as a broader labor misconduct discussion unfolds.
The 1956 market shows a volatile post election path with the Dow fluctuating and about half of NYSE stocks trading lower or unchanged from 1955 closes. Uncertainty over international events profits and tight money pressures, plus auto and housing outlooks, underlie the swing as investors await 1957 trends.
Answers cover vehicle terms and action clues. Key entries include motor, pulls, rent, poem, tumult, line, tropical plants, Hebrew, plains, smells, legal matters, melted rock, ridges, auto part, circular plate, males, leading, getting up, competitor, golf mound, cry of down, small beds, mine entrance, refuel a motor, journeys, French river, defeats, musical direction, nimbi, rainbow, repetition is female sheep plural, accustomed, tranquility, detested, animal fat, toward the sheltered side, curses, eye inflammation.
A set of crossword styled clues includes 28 Passage in the brain 29 Ancient Asian 31 Within 33 Ceremonies 38 Old French colony 40 Appointments 41 Sticks in the mud as a car.
A concise list of crossword prompts with 42 High cards 43 Lifted 44 Seth's son bib 46 Communists 47 Fiddling Roman emperor 48 Turns right 50 Short sleep all hinting at common word answers.
In Barlesville Oklahoma Tim Olson is a firefighter and his twin brother Tom Olson is a police officer showcasing a family in close to home public safety.
Edgar A. Guest laments the onset of harsh winter as autumn departs. The verse describes frost killing blooms, bare trees, brown grass, and a desolate, sleepful world where flowers vanish and beauty flees.
Rail schedules list Great Western Milwaukee Road and Milwaukee Road lines from Milwaukee to St Paul Minneapolis Mason City La Crosse and Chicago with multiple daily departures and returns. Bus routes include Jefferson Lines Hi Way and Austin Bus Lines detailing times, stops, and frequencies across cities such as Rochester Charles City LeRoy Des Moines and Harrison Sheldon plus Hormel Plant service notes.
The Bible guides discerning right from wrong through a cleansed conscience, prayer, and scripture. Micah 6 8 urges doing justly loving mercy and walking humbly with God while Jesus sets the example in resisting temptation.
The Dutch do not store butter and instead freeze cream to churn butter as needed, illustrating a method of preserving dairy by freezing cream then making butter on demand.
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