It was a dark night as the DC-6 dipped its wings and circled the Statue of Liberty in our approach to LaGuardia Field recently. I peered out the window and studied this great monument of a free people. With its...
While both experience and formal education have conditioned me to modern logic, I find it insufficient to sustain me in the many opinions, conclusions, and practical decisions incident in normal living. So faith became a necessary and comforting complement to...
I believe in God. I believe in Him because time after time when I needed His help and guidance, I have received it. Of course, there are others who helped me: my mother, my father, my wife; and my manager,...
My philosophy of life emerges out of a strong parental influence and family backgrounds in which high standards were unfailingly upheld. In such a climate were nurtured the dynamic stimulation toward an education, the concepts of higher moral integrity, and...
I’ll never forget the first time I went to a buffet supper. The fancy dishes were too much for me. After a bad attack of indigestion, I concluded simple foods were best. So it has been with life. I suffered...
I came from a large family. There were fifteen children—10 boys and 5 girls. I am the 13th child and the black sheep of the family. My father was educated to be a priest, but for some unknown reason at...
I have a family crest that goes back a long, long time. On it, this message is symbolically inscribed: “Be straight as an arrow in your dealings with men. Always look forward and up. Never despair. As long as the...
On the wall of my study hangs a photograph of three people. The pictures are those of a B-17 ex-pilot, a young French matron, and her handsome five-year-old son. When the photograph was taken, Jacque and his mother had just...
In order to tell what I believe, I must briefly sketch something of my personal history. The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a promising business career and study music. My parents, although sympathetic and...
