In passage after passage, advice is given that reverses conventional values (usu. in Confucian-Mohist discourse)—either rejecting the usual positive value term (benevolence, sages, morality, social activism) or motivating valuing the opposite (non-being, water, the female, the lower position etc).
It is perhaps not surprising that many Christian-oriented radio stations have expressed interest in a book that translates that passage into advice for modern living, said Stephanie Fraschetti, host of "John and Stephanie," an afternoon drive time Christian talk show on WORD-FM (101.5) in Pittsburgh.
The incongruity of this passage — the sententious advice about the pitfalls of writerly solitude, blah blah, followed by that marvelous detail about bits of cud mortaring the man's mouth shut — points to a larger problem with the novel: namely that the reclusive, inscrutable artist is a dreary cliché that even a splendid writer like Gilbert can't quite transcend.
Carrying a red book, he stepped quietly to the microphone of the machine and in a soft, solemn voice read a passage from Hamlet's advice to his mother, the one beginning, "Such an act that blurs the grace and blush of modesty".
In the passage, the mother offers advice about what is required of a just leader.
The scope of "Amoris Laetitia" is typical Francis: a broad-ranging blend of biblical passages, meditations on marital love, homespun advice on familial manners, passages bemoaning the frenetic loneliness of modern life and a call for families to come closer to the church, and vice versa.
The passages dealing with legal advice illustrate this in spades.
We argue that a diagnostic workup targeted at anxiety disorder can be postponed for a few weeks while monitoring the effect of non-specific interventions (e.g., reassurance, encouragement, advice) and the passage of time.
The chief executive of the Raytheon Company, William H. Swanson, acknowledged yesterday that he did "not properly credit" a 1944 engineering text when he wrote a book of management advice that included passages from the earlier text.
His letters to Pedro II were often couched in language beyond the boy's reading level, and historians have assumed such passages were chiefly intended as advice that the young monarch might eventually consult upon reaching adulthood.
His book weaves biblical passages and faith-based reflections with advice on leadership and determination on the football field.
