We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.

The rigid volunteer rules of right and wrong in sports are second only to religious faith in moral training.

The supreme purpose of history is a better world.

No prosaic description can portray the grandeur of 40 miles of rugged mountains rising beyond a placid lake in which each shadowy precipice and each purple gorge is reflected with a vividness that rivals the original.

To the engineer falls the job of clothing the bare bones of science with life, comfort, and hope.

Man is still by instinct a predatory animal given to devilish aggression. The discoveries of science have immensely increased productivity of material things. They have increased the standards of living and comfort. They have eliminated infinite drudgery. They have increased leisure. But that gives more time for devilment. The work of science has eliminated much disease and suffering. It has increased the length of life. That, together with increase in productivity, has resulted in vastly increased populations. Also it increased the number of people engaged in devilment.

You will expect me to discuss the late election. Well, as nearly as I can learn, we did not have enough votes on our side.