Generally recognized as one of the best essayists of the twentieth century, E. B. White was also a major force in the success of The New Torker magazine, a writer of some of the best children's stories of our time, an inspiring advocate of...

The Creeds... were formulated gradually, as a result of a series of desperate controversies -- which are now named, sometimes after the supposed leaders and representatives of a particular interpretation of the Christian religion, and some...

We cannot find in the Old Testament the fondly drawn distinction of our latter days between the natural and the supernatural, for the whole of the natural order is so directly linked with God that its conservation must be regarded as a kin...

The end never really justifies the meanness....

He without fear is king of the world....

Edward Elmer "Doc" Smith , Ph.D. ( 1890-05-02 – 1965-08-31 ) was an influential early science fiction author, known best for his space opera Lensman and Skylark series. Sourced Triplanetary Triplanetary is the first installment in the Le...

The English statesman Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881-1959), was viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931. He later served as foreign secretary and as ambassador to the United States during World War II. Edward Frederick...

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction. Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent...

Sectarianism is limitation. Some truth taught in Scripture, some part of the divine revelation, is apprehended, and the heart responds to it and accepts it. As it is dwelt upon, expounded, defended; its power and beauty increasingly influe...

E. Howard Hunt was a major figure in the Watergate scandal that destroyed the presidency of Richard M. Nixon. Hunt, a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer as well as a prolific fiction writer, coordinated the White House "Plumbers" un...

There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning....

By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free. It's not the hours you put in, but what you put into the hours that count. We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. It's easier ...

One of the most celebrated and controversial novelists of the past two decades, E. L. Doctorow has an uncanny ability to reach both the general audience (The Book of Daniel, Welcome to Hard Times, and Ragtime have been made into movies) an...

Feast of Mark the Evangelist There are, of course, interesting questions that can be asked about the nature of the transformation which our Lord's body underwent in his resurrection, and if we know anything about physics and biology we are...

Few persons are made of such strong fiber that they will make a costly outlay when surface work will pass as well in the market. We love orthodoxy. It is good. It is the best. It is the clean, clear cut teaching of God's Word, the trophies...

During the Edwardian years and into the 1920s, E. M. Forster consolidated his reputation as a novelist of distinction and as a persuasive man of letters. He attained the greatest recognition and authority after World War II when, except fo...

The number e, like the number pi, is a useful mathematical constant that is the basis of the system of natural logarithms. Its value correct to nine places is 2.718281828... The number e is used in complex equations to describe a process o...

Many scholars regard E. P. Thompson, along with the Welsh Marxist and founder of the British Cultural Studies group Raymond Williams, as pioneers in the field of cultural studies. A Marxist historian and lifelong political activist, Thomps...

The word "Comforter" as applied to the Holy Spirit needs to be translated by some vigorous term. Literally, it means "with strength." Jesus promised His followers that "The Strengthener" would be with them forever. This promise is no lulla...

E Pluribus Unum: Out of Many, One The founding fathers took many steps into making our home, the United States of America, a place of opportunity. It may seem that it took many years before America became a united nation under one co...

Happiness has many roots, but none more important than security....

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear....

Feast of David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601 The scandal of the Bible does not lie so much in its claim to record the Word of God, as in its insistence that the Word of God is to be heard in a particular historical happening, ...

An ironist and humorist par excellence, the prolific storyteller E. T. A. Hoffmann occupies a prominent place in the canon of nineteenth-century European literature. He is regarded today as the influential, eccentric genius of German Roman...

You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to fall down flat/ But to lie there-that's a disgrace. Perhaps the reward of the spirit who tries is not the goal but the exercise....