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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1934
Page
3
The speaker defends democracy as practiced in the United States, arguing it has outperformed other systems despite flaws. He blames global troubles on impatience and haste, warning against forced rapid changes and excessive planning for entire nations.
The author argues against rapid universal reform via drastic changes, praising slow education and evolution. Reforms are driven by fanatics, often seeding progress only after centuries, while folkways encode deeply ingrained habits and customs that resist radical disruption.
The speaker notes that despite official orders and modern control, deep folky beliefs endure in rural Italy. He recalls a Roman who describes peasants attending church yet preserving the old religion of their pagan ancestors, contrasting this with Mussolini and Hitler regulating faith.
A churchman voices concern that many ministers and churches may overstep their province by taking part in wholesale reforms. He argues salvation is individual and cites Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan as guidance for patience with humanity's pace toward perfection.
Raleigh NC no radical change to be made in the present machinery for operating the schools, says the legislative committee of the North Carolina Education Association. The eight month term is to be the base for a future system with local units allowed longer terms or higher standards.
Most astronomers judge the moon a dead world with no atmosphere or life. A minority suspect a tiny residual atmosphere in low-lying areas and the possible presence of very simple plant life.
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