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Sensational essays on contemporary topics from a Catholic point of view

“Less than any man have I excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all creeds the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the trust in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments of darkness groping for the sun.“

The man who strives to educate himself and no one else can educate him must win a certain victory over his own nature. He must learn to smile at his dear idols, analyze his every prejudice, scrap if necessary his fondest and most consoling belief, question his presuppositions, and take his chances with the truth. The greater the need of education, the stronger the resistance to it.

Isaacson, as always, is a great entry point but leaves the reader wanting more. I would be interested in a more thorough biography on Franklin.

A pity what they did to our most obedient and faithful servant Gage

“Bury me in Tiger Sunday red”