[…] our children; public health measures restrict our use of property; and draft laws subject us to military service. If this legislation is an acceptable restriction on individual freedom for the good of society, then […]
[…] ma chine. It was here, on the leaf of the machine, that mother did much of the writing in the extensive journal that occupied her spare moments, and recorded a literal history of life […]
[…] thinking in order to exalt religion. They even find scriptural justification for taking this stance in the writings of Paul, particularly in the early chapters of First Corinthians. The apostle knew from experience that […]
[…] 1940. I suffered from the usual American-Mormon ambition to produce opus magnum seriatim • ad infinitum. After writing several articles on Mormonism, I found myself examining the output since 1882 of the then President […]
[…] has occurred and will occur again is the basic vital sign of the institution. Addendum Since the writing of this article the Church has held its 1972 World Conference. Many of the same issues […]
In a preface to Lore of Faith & Folly, William A. Wilson observes that while few states possess Utah’s abundance of folklore, few have been more reluctant to collect and study their traditions. With the…
[…] which in many ways seems unfinished. The volume shows signs of haste: factual and interpretive errors, clumsy writing, poor conceptualization, inadequate re search. What might have been an important contribution is often no more […]
In the final chapter of this book appear the words: Someone has said that writing a man’s life is like sending a bucket into a deep well and drawing it out full, then dipping […]
[…] that you see a counselor. A clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, social worker, your Bishop, Stake President, L.D.S. Church Social Services—all might provide some assistance to you. However in choosing a private practitioner (psychologist, etc.) I’d do […]
[…] arts. Probably my own handful of poems will never be ultimately significant. But unquestionably for me, the writing of them has been the most significant single fact in my own capacity to teach literature. […]