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The courage to be happy, by Dorothy Thompson

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essays

The courage to be happy

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by Dorothy Thompson

The most beautiful form of courage -- The miracle of an artist -- The woman poet -- The old bible and the new -- Beware of geniuses! -- The world of Grandma Moses -- I remember me -- The moments that educate -- The baby in the kitchen -- Why and what should Johnny read? -- Respect for law begins at home -- "There is a time" -- "A reason to live and a reason to die" -- The white sofa -- The affinity of war and peace -- Religion in American life -- The great affirmative -- A foreign policy for all Americans -- What is a world citizen? -- "We have nothing to fear but fear itself" -- On loyalty -- Concerning tolerance -- We can conquer minds and hearts -- Occupation: housewife -- The little towns -- Can women be ladies? -- The sophisticates are not the wise -- The twelve-foot ceiling -- Twenty-five inces of snow