His essays in part 1, on the 10 neglected virtues, are lively, focused, well-illustrated discussions of love, honesty, morality, civility, learning, forgiveness and mercy, thrift and industry, gratitude, optimism, and faith. He insists that any reformation of our public institutions will only follow a retrenching of ourselves, our families, and our faith in God. Sounding like a contemporary Alma, President Hinckley undertakes to persuade Americans to seek the healing of a nation which is morally and spiritually ill and rapidly sinking into bondage. Standing for Somethingis a clear, crisply and skillfully written call to national repentance and an invitation to return as fast as we can to the old verities. What’s more, we delight in the literary quality of this book. Latter-day Saints take pleasure in the national attention being given President Hinckley’s kindly but prophetic reminder to the American people, ourselves included, of the peril which will ensue if we sell our spiritual birthright for a mess of godless immorality and self-indulgent materialism. $24) will no longer be news, nor will the fact that television pundit Mike Wallace, of 60 Minutesfame, has written a sprightly and engaging foreword to this landmark book. Hinckley’s Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes(New York: Random House, 2000 193 pp.

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