Numbering Our Days

Words have power! Think of the association brought to mind by such words as “liberty” and “victory.” Some words, in combination with other words, will have a telling effect on the hearers; as, for example, expressions like “iron curtain” and “cold war.” Words are powerful because ideas are conveyed by them. Along with the fact that words have power, is the corresponding reality that men who know and understand words and their use, and who know how to use them with powerful appeal, have often...