Thomas Frederick Massiah's Books

Musings of a Native Son

By: Thomas F. Massiah

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

My story begins in Montreal on August 6, 1931, the day before my father died. I was not quite five years old, and I was the fourth of six siblings that my mother was left to raiseat the height of the so-called Great Depression. I trace and comment on my life struggles through public school, high school, and thence to my first university degree. Throughout, I faced the dual problem of going to school without having the mandatory fees. But I point out that I completed my education debt-free, never having applied for or received a student loan. I also reveal how I coped with the double-edged difficulty of being both black and ambitious, while persevering in a mostly unwelcoming white-dominated environment. Then I tell how I managed to overcome numerous obstacles, to obtain a doctorate (in organic chemistry), and eventually go on to become a pioneering Canadian-born black scientist and educatormore than forty years ago. Parenthetically, the pivotal breakthrough in my professional career took place at about the same time (1947) in the same city (Montreal), that Jackie Robinson was making his breakthrough into organized baseball. So in every sense, this is the story of a native son. Thomas Tom F. Massiah

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

229

Publisher

Trafford Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1466949708

ISBN 13

9781466949706

The Living Bread

By: Thomas Merton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Living Bread

By: Thomas Merton

The whole problem of our time is the problem of love. How are we going to recover the ability to love ourselves and to love one another? We cannot be at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we cannot be at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God. There is a distinction between a contrite sense of sin and a feeling of guilt. The former is a true and healthy thing, the latter tends to be false and pathological. The man who suffers from a sense of guilt does not want to feel guilty, but at the same time he does not want to be innocent. He wants to do what he thinks he must not do, without the pain of worrying about the consequences. The history of our time has been made by dictators whose characters, often transparently easy to read, have been full of repressed guilt. They have managed to enlist the support of masses of men moved by the same repressed drives as themselves. Modern dictatorships display everywhere a deliberate and calculated hatred for human nature as such. The technique of degradation used in concentration camps and in staged trials are all too familiar in our time. They have one purpose: to defile the human person.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1708

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published Date

ISBN 10

1429945281

ISBN 13

9781429945288

Musings of a Native Son

By: Tom Massiah,Thomas Frederick Massiah

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Musings of a Native Son

By: Tom Massiah,Thomas Frederick Massiah

My story begins in Montreal on August 6, 1931, the day before my father died. I was not quite 5 years old, and I was the fourth of six siblings that my mother was left to raise -- at the height of the so-called 'Great Depression'. "I trace and comment on my life struggles through public school, high school and thence to my first university degree. Throughout, I faced the dual problem of going to school without having the mandatory fees. But I point out that I completed my education debt-free, never having applied for or received a student loan. "I also reveal how I coped with the double-edged difficulty of being both black and ambitious, while persevering in a mostly unwelcoming, white dominated environment. Then I tell how I managed to overcome numerous obstacles, to obtain a doctorate (in Organic Chemistry), and eventually go on to become a pioneering Canadian-born black scientist and educator -- more than 40 years ago. Parenthetically, the pivotal breakthrough in my professional career, took place at about the same time (1947) in the same city (Montreal), that Jackie Robinson was making his breakthrough into organized baseball. "So in every sense, this is the story of a 'Native Son'." Thomas (Tom) F. Massiah

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

230

Publisher

Trafford Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1412018099

ISBN 13

9781412018098

Book's by Thomas Frederick Massiah

Musings of a Native Son

Musings of a Native Son

The Living Bread

The Living Bread

Musings of a Native Son

Musings of a Native Son

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email