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(March 24, 1903–November 14, 1990), was a well-known British author, columnist, philosopher and lecturer, known for his piercing wit. Educated at Selwyn College and at Cambridge, he worked as a journalist in Manchester, Moscow, Calcutta, London and Washington, and later became the editor of Punch, England’s best-known humor magazine. In his 1975 work, entitled Jesus, … Continue reading “MUGGERIDGE,
MALCOLM THOMAS”

(February 4, 1902—August 26, 1974), American aviator, of international fame for being the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The son of U.S. Congressman, Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr., Charles attended the University of Wisconsin for three semesters, 1918–1920; studied aviation at Lincoln, Nebraska; made his first solo flight at Americus, Georgia, April … Continue reading “LINDBERGH,
CHARLES AUGUSTUS”

(May 27, 1902–January 25, 1949), was the Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, 1947–49. He emigrated from Scotland, 1927; was ordained a Presbyterian minister, 1931; and became a U.S. citizen in 1938. His life story, based on the biography written by his wife, Catherine Marshall, was made into a major motion-picture by Twentieth-Century Fox, entitled A … Continue reading “MARSHALL,
PETER”

(1902–1958), was an American clergyman. He once stated: Whether God blesses America or not does not depend so much upon God as it does upon us Americans.3536

(1902–1985), was the chief United States delegate to the United Nations, 1953–1960; a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1937–1953, except for the years 1944–1946 when he resigned to serve in World War II; Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, 1960; ambassador to South Vietnam, 1963–1964, 1965–1967; ambassador to West Germany 1968–1969; Presidential emissary to the Vatican, 1970–1975. Henry Cabot … Continue reading “LODGE,
HENRY CABOT, JR.”

(April 1, 1901–July 9, 1961), was an American journalist who had formerly been a Communist agent. He recanted and defected to the West. Whittaker Chambers stated: Freedom is a need of the soul, and nothing else. It is in striving toward God that the soul strives continually after a condition of freedom. God alone is … Continue reading “CHAMBERS,
(JAY DAVID) WHITTAKER”

(November 3, 1901–November 23, 1976), was a French novelist and essayist. He was involved in the civil strife in China in the 1920’s, the Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War and the French Resistance during World War II, being captured twice by the Nazi’s. He served as minister of information, 1945–46; and minister of … Continue reading “MALRAUX,
ANDRé”

(1902), in the case of Freeman v. Scheve, 91 N.W. 846 (Neb. 1902), Holcomb concurring, stated: The Bible itself is not a sectarian book, and it is an erroneous conception to so regard it. Altogether aside from its theological aspects, the Bible has an historical and literary value surpassed by no secular writings. Its moral … Continue reading “NEBRASKA
STATE COURT”

(July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961), was an American author who exerted a profound influence on American writers. He served in an American volunteer ambulance unit in France and Italy during World War I. Following the war he was the European correspondent for the Torono Star, and later the Paris correspondent for the Syndicated News Service. … Continue reading “HEMINGWAY,
ERNEST”

(September 23, 1899–June 13, 1977), was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1949–67, having been appointed by President Truman. He was circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, 1967–77; and U.S. Attorney General, 1945–49, a position held later by his son, Ramsey Clark. Justice Tom Campbell Clark stated: The Founding Fathers believed … Continue reading “CLARK,
TOM CAMPBELL”