| Return of The Universal ManMarch 27,
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| | helpmate.Before the energies of the
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| 1966Every age has its heroes and its
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| | Renaissance were absorbed by the imperial
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| geniuses.Some of these outstanding
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| | wars of the 17th and 18th centuries, the
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| personalities flash but briefly through
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| | ideal of a universal man - knowledgeable,
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| the historical firmament.But a few are
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| | versatile, capable, helpful - was firmly
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| universal men whose achievements
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| | established.Concern, Practical Help Mark
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| transform the lives of people beyond
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| | of Universal Man(Last Week: In every
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| their communities and beyond their
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| | golden age of civilization the opinion
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| times.Society today yearns for the return
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| | leaders have been "universal men" - those
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| of the universal man. Unrest of the human
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| | possessing the four "Cs" of curiosity,
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| spirit is world wide. All peoples are
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| | creativity, craftsmanship and
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| seeking the meaning of life and their
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| | consideration for others.)A new flowering
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| places in civilization.Whether it's
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| | of individualism and a re-emergence of
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| nationalism in Africa, industrialism in
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| | the universal man, occurred in the 18th
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| the Orient, freedom in the Iron Curtain
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| | century --- a period we call the Age of
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| countries, or racial strife in the United
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| | Enlightenment.He popularized a
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| States - the winds of change are reaching
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| | rationalistic and scientific approach to
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| gale strength. Conditions demand captains
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| | social, political, economic and religious
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| who can sail in all seas.Such men are in
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| | issues.Again, he was recognized by his
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| this nation today - perhaps not aware of
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| | intellectual curiosity, his flexibility
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| their universal ability, perhaps
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| | of adopting new ideas, his involvement in
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| reluctant to participate in the struggle.
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| | and service to society at large.Again, he
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| Yet, the needs of their fellow men and
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| | spoke across national boundaries to
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| their posterity call for the universal
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| | people everywhere.Their names shine
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| men to step forward.The term "universal
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| | brightly from the pages of history -
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| man" was first applied to Leonardo Da
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| | Voltaire, David Hume, Tom Paine,
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| Vinci and Michelangelo - the giants of
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| | Montesquieu, Rousseau, Turgot, Alexander
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| giants during the period of history we
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| | Pope, Kant, Goethe, Benjamin Franklin,
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| know as the Renaissance.The Renaissance
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| | George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
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| lasted 300 years - from the 14th to the
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| | Madison.The political heritage of present
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| 16th centuries. It was a "rebirth" the
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| | day France and the United States - and
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| dawn of a new golden age of creativity.Da
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| | the idea of republican, representative
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| Vinci and Michelangelo typified the kind
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| | government everywhere - is the child of
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| of men who led us from the Dark Ages into
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| | the universal men of the 18th
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| the modern world as we know it today.They
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| | century.Today, in the 20th century,
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| had the four Cs of the human spirit which
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| | dissatisfactions with the old order are
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| made the universal man understood and
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| | flaring anew. The human spirit which has
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| followed:CURIOSITYCREATIVITYCRAFTSMANSHIP
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| | been too long repressed by a worldwide
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| CONSIDERATIONThe Renaissance was
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| | Depression, two World Wars and
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| characterized by its interest in man and
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| | totalitarian ideologies, struggles for a
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| ethics. It was accompanied by a great
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| | Renaissance.Humanism and individualism is
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| outburst of individual creativity in.
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| | on the march once again. Authority is
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| literature, painting, sculpture,
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| | challenged, old values doubted.Discovery
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| architecture and science.It was an
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| | of new worlds has moved from the high
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| historical miracle interrupting the
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| | seas to outer space.Atomic energy has
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| ordinary course of evolution - a sudden
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| | made gun powder obsolete. Television and
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| break-through and acceleration of new
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| | computers have given communication a new
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| ideas - an event we are again
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| | dimension.Even the concepts of service
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| experiencing today.The geniuses who
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| | have changed.Is the universal man a fifth
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| possessed the four Cs that thrust them
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| | wheel in a welfare state, a socialist
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| into positions of acclaim are now the
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| | state, a communist state?Has Social
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| great names of Western Civilization -
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| | Security, socialized medicine and the
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| Petrarch, Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo
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| | United Foundation eliminated the need for
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| Da Vinci, Boccaccio, Copernicus, Galileo,
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| | personal charity?Has automation,
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| Kepler, Rabelais, Shakespeare, Cervantes,
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| | specialization, and megalopolis stifled
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| Erasmus.These men were enormously curious
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| | individualism?Is God dead, LSD a new path
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| about the world, but most particularly
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| | to spiritual emotion, and sex a
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| about the nature of man.There was an
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| | substitute for creativity?Has
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| ardent search of classical literature and
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| | selfishness, the fast buck,
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| of archeology for clues to man's
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| | discrimination and violence replaced
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| beginning; and of science and philosophy
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| | humanism?The answers to these questions
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| as to his destination.The universal man
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| | are a resounding NO.Precisely because the
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| had broad interests. He strived to know
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| | individual is lost in our modern society,
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| something about everything as he was not
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| | the need for universal men is urgent.We
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| sure just where he would find the key to
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| | have too many special pleaders guiding us
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| unlock a maze of doors confining the
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| | up blind channels. The universal men of
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| human spirit.This curiosity sparked an
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| | our age are yet but a vanguard.Others
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| age of discovery. Columbus, Magellan, and
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| | must step forward to share the
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| Vasco Da Gama found unknown lands across
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| | responsibility and satisfaction of
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| unknown seas. It was the beginning of the
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| | constructive involvement.Every person
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| long drive to internationalism still in
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| | owes it to himself and his society to
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| its early, painful stages
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| | develop further his universal four Cs.
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| today.Curiosity, aided by creative
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| | There is fun and satisfaction in doing
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| ability, also inspired the invention of
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| | so.Get curious about everything. Buy a
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| the telescope, the microscope, printing
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| | telescope. Read the Great Books. Go to a
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| and gun powder. We may debate the merits
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| | political rally. Visit a ghetto. Join a
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| of these technological advances but there
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| | discussion group. Travel. Attend Council
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| is no doubt they profoundly transformed
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| | meetings. Host a foreign exchange
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| our lives.The creative urge to speak
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| | student.Develop your creative instincts.
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| universally brought the start of our
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| | Take art lessons. Study photography. Go
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| great body of vernacular literature. For
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| | to concerts. Learn to play the banjo.
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| the first time authors wrote for the
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| | Join the church choir. Build a bird
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| common man, in the language of the market
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| | house. Polish stones. Plant a garden.
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| place. Fiction was born for the sole
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| | Lead a Boy Scout troop.Acquire new craft
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| purpose of giving pleasure in reading.
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| | skills outside your own vocation. Take
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| Shakespeare shaped drama into a new art
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| | apart and reassemble an alarm clock. Go
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| form.Painters and sculptors, architects
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| | skiing. Learn to sail. Tie trout flies.
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| and craftsmen -- all were consumed with
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| | Join a toastmaster's club. Make pottery.
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| the fire of creativity. Art evolved for
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| | Take up square dancing. Play billiards.
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| the pure sake of beauty. Pleasing
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| | Practice karate. Fix toys for invalid
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| proportions and colors were applied to
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| | children.The first three Cs of the
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| everything from swords to palaces.Pride
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| | universal man, however, are only
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| in craftsmanship was the hall mark of the
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| | exercises which strengthen his
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| universal man. He not only studied, and
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| | individualism and "tunes him in" to the
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| designed new works but set about to make
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| | aspirations of others.It teaches him
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| his own tools and carry his own
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| | through activity and involvement to
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| mortar.Michelangelo quarried the marble
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| | recognize the main thrust of the human
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| for his magnificent Pieta, and ground his
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| | spirit at his particular place and time.
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| own pigments for the paintings on the
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| | It helps him determine what is truth and
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| ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.Such
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| | what is pretense - what is responsibility
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| versatility in workmanship led to a
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| | and what is hoodlumism.In short,
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| cross-fertilization of ideas - skill in
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| | consideration for others is the ultimate
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| several fields. Thus, Da Vinci could
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| | contribution the Universal Man can make
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| create the Mona Lisa and the first war
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| | to society.All of us have the potential
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| tank from the same fertile mind. He
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| | of universality. The heroes of old were
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| de-signed flying machines, water
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| | products of their times. The question is,
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| filtration plants and sonatas with equal
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| | have we the motivation to share our
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| ease.The thing that brought all these
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| | concern with the impoverished, the
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| driving forces together was the fourth C
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| | disillusioned and the undereducated of
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| of the universal man -
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| | the world? Most particularly, can we help
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| consideration.Consideration for the other
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| | others in an unassuming and practical
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| man. This was the beginning of the
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| | manner - putting emotion and personal
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| humanist movement - of individualism - of
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| | recognition entirely aside?We have enough
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| the transcendent worth of a single
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| | bleeding hearts who wail and beat
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| person.Falling under the attack of
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| | themselves on the chest - not enough
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| humanism were the remnants of feudalism,
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| | broadly concerned citizens to pitch in
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| dogmatism, reliance on authority in
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| | with their skills and influence to make
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| spiritual and scientific matters,
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| | meaningful changes within the framework
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| censorship of thought, religious
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| | of reality.We can shape our world for
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| intolerance and restrictions of trade and
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| | ourselves and future generations by
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| commerce.The concept of courtesy was
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| | taking a constructive part in solving the
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| born. And respect for womanhood. The
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| | problems of our day. Our inaction will
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| moral qualities of honesty, loyalty and
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| | allow the riff raft of society to
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| consideration for others were planted in
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| | suppress us.The challenges were never
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| our culture.The universal man was
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| | clearer.The potential satisfaction never
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| tolerant of the shortcomings of other
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| | greater.The place to start is here.The
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| men, recognizing his own. He listened to
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| | time to start is now.Lindsey Williams is
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| the ideas and opinions of others
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| | a Sun columnist who can be contacted
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| seriously as he sought ways of adapting
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| | at:Website: with several hundred of
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| all the good he could find into a larger
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| | Lin's Editorial & At Large articles
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| whole.For the first time, the universal
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| | written over 40 years.Also featured in
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| man discovered his social consciousness.
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| | its entirety is Lin's groundbreaking book
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| He created the institutions of hospitals,
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| | "Boldly Onward," that critically analyzes
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| orphanages and poor houses. He came to
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| | and develops theories about the original
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| believe that although he was not his
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| | Spanish explorers of America.
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| brother's keeper, he was his brother's
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