No Straw Men

There is no question more crucial to man than the question, What is man? What kind of being is he? What are his essential attributes?
Indeed, man’s nature determines that which his survival requires. And one’s view of man symbolizes one’s attitude toward life.
What is open to us is whether we discover our nature and whether […]

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I approached this valedictory with the query, “Why swimming”? Now, it is said that one shouldn’t answer a question with a question, but I demur: why life? For me, living means vigor—awakening in the morning and flexing and fanning out the biggest muscles in my back, stepping outside and, as my great uncle Marshall has […]

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