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6 January 1967
Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1938
to Marshall E. Bean
Koestler responds to questions posed by Bean about religion, faith, and death. Bean is apparently dying.
GLC05508.163
2 June 1971
Kuhlman, Kathryn, 1907-1976
to Mrs. Hassell
Kuhlman quotes Nahum 1:7, offers a healing prayer, and urges Hassell to have faith that the Lord will cure her cancer.
GLC05508.164
1980/04
LaRue, Lash, 1917-1996
to Larry
LaRue writes to Larry on the back of photo. LaRue asks for contributions to his newly formed Charity, For Gods Sake Productions.
GLC05508.165.01
30 December 1955
Lodge, Henry C. Jr., 1902-1985
[I propose that God should be openly and audibly invoked at the United Nations...]
Lodge writes: "I propose that God should be openly and audibly invoked at the United Nations in accordance with any one of the religious faiths which are represented here. I do so in the conviction that we cannot make the United Nations into a...
GLC05508.170
15 January 1978
Love, Bessie, 1898-1986
to Alan Brock
Love thanks Brock for a Christmas card and the piece about his mother. She offers condolence, and suggests reading Christian Science literature as a means to heal his grief.
GLC05508.171
24 October 1950
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
to Mary Cushman
Writing from his office in the General Headquarters, United Nations Command, MacArthur, as commander-in-chief of the United Nations Command, offers condolence on the death of Mary Cushman's son in the Korean War. He praises devotion to duty and...
GLC05508.173
1978-1987 circa
Manners, David, fl. 1978-1987
to Alan Brock re: death and eternal existence
Actor David Manners writes about death and eternal existence as a response to Brock's "record of human horrors," apparently attempting to cheer him up. He mentions giving Alan Irene Rich's address, invites him to visit, and mentions names of some...
GLC05508.174
29 March 1967
Mansfield, Jayne, 1933-1967
to Mrs. Nice
Mansfield thanks Nice for her concern for Zoltan, Mansfield's son. She also writes: "I have always had a great belief in my fellow man, but I am now fully assured that the heavens above have succeeded in creating a beautiful earth upon which to live...
GLC05508.175
3 June 1975
Mason, Tom, fl. 1975
Mason offers condolence upon the death of Brock's mother. He offers a quote from a magazine article that he read when his own mother died in 1951 that he hopes will be comforting. The passage describes death as nothing because loved ones are...
GLC05508.180
18 March 1954
McKeldin, Theodore, 1900-1974
to Roy Pitts
He writes the highlights of his career are being born an American citizen and nominating Dwight D. Eisenhower for the presidency. He gives the names and addresses of Maryland's living former governors and sends an autographed copy of the Maryland...
GLC05508.185
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