We live in a world of pomp and muscle, of strutting that glorifies jet thrust and far-flying warheads. It is the same kind of strutting that produced the misery of the days of Caesar, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, and Hitler. In this kind of world it is not easy to recognize tha?
Gordon B. HinckleyAbout author
- Author's profession: Clergyman
- Nationality: american
- Born: June 23, 1910
- Died: January 27, 2008
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