Man's Quest
Sir:
I have been a TIME reader for all of my adult life, yet never have I experienced from it as keen a pleasure as on reading "Man's Quest" in the July 18 issue. M. Malraux's biography and philosophy, and TIME'S presentation of both, are deserving of the highest praise.
ROBERT B. KESSLER
Philadelphia Sir:
. . . Whether by divine power or electrical cosmos, man operates in a highly limited field. He can neither fashion the future nor alter the past. His only power lies in the immediate present, and every effort to extend it ends in failure and frustration . . . Malraux seems to resent it that man fails to qualify as God's private secretary or chief button-pusher for some nuclear Jove. There is some evidence that man is approaching the latter, but unfortunately the only button on the horizon is destructive. Doubtless some Malraux will push the damn thing to prove his importance ... I'm glad I don't have such an abnorMalraux to hoe.
ROBERT E. GREENWOOD
Fitchburg, Mass.
Sir:
The cover by Ben Shahn certainly is your finest. Thank you! May we see more of the same kind . . .
B. D. BERTHIAUME
New Haven, Conn.
Sir:
From one who usually hates your covers, all I can say is thank you. It is a welcome relief. I'm glad to see character portrayed, not characters.
WENDY WAHLERS
Maplewood, N.J.
Suds in Your Eye
Sir:
I am 90 and thought I had seen everything till I saw my copy of TIME, July 11. A cover and a large section of the Business section devoted to Beer! I am shocked, offended and ashamed for you.
ED L. WOOD
Wilkinsburg, Pa.
Sir: . . . The psychology of it—associating beer with sun and sky and clouds and birds instead of with human woe and degradation and tears—fits perfectly into the liquor sellers' scheme . . .
ALLEN BOWMAN
Marion, Ind.
Sir: ... I wish to register a vigorous objection to such daring advertising . . . May I remind you the Cardinal is a bird that nests around the home?
MRS. HARLAN L. FEEMAN
Lansing, Mich.
Sir:
. . . Shame on TIME for devoting so much precious space to capitalist puffery. We have to admit, however, we enjoyed the profile of Gussie Busch, "the original Peck's Bad Boy" and his fermented empire.
CHIZ MATHIAS
Bucks County, Pa.
Sir: