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Christianity . . . Sees The Necessity For Man To Have Spiritual Values And It Shows Him How To Get At Those Through Physical Sacraments.

One Of The Great Weaknesses Of The Progressive, As Distinct From The Religious, Mind, Is That It Has No Awareness Of Truth As Such; Only Of Truth In Terms Of Enlightened Expediency. The Contrast Is Well Exemplified In Two Exact Contemporaries - Simone Weil And Simone De Beauvoir; Both Highly Intelligent And Earnestly Disposed. In All The Fearful Moral Dilemmas Of Our Time, Simone Weil Never Once Went Astray, Whereas Simone De Beauvoir, With I Am Sure The Best Of Intentions, Has Found Herself Aligned With Apologists For Some Of The Most Monstrous Barbarities And Falsehoods Of History.

The Pursuit Of Happiness, Which American Citizens Are Obliged To Undertake, Tends To Involve Them In Trying To Perpetuate The Moods, Tastes And Aptitudes Of Youth.

Travel, Of Course, Narrows The Mind.

I Think That The Essence Of A Free And Civilized Society Is That Everything In It Should Be Subject To Criticism, That All Forms Of Authority, Should Be Treated With A Certain Reservation.