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Notice he never pauses to consider how it feels to be married to an Irish bull. However, courage! Am I cowed by such a brute? Why, yes, now I think of it. — Nickie.
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According to a famous paragraph in the Doctrine of Necessary Evils, war is a periodic outlet for man’s “natural” violence, unavoidable till the second coming of Abraham; thus it is a duty of the Church to allow a “limited amount” of violence, under proper control. It is interesting to note that this idea of the inevitability of violence was old in Old Time — not to say moldy — and the proponents of it were as well able then as now to overlook the history of some nations that had passed through many generations without war, to say nothing of the multitude of private lives that reject violence in favor of reason and charity. — Dion M.M.
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I feel that Jed was entirely right about this. My own planned salvation involves getting in as much sin as possible in the next 70 years, so that what I give up at age 98 will amount to something. — Nick.
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That’s my Davy. What other shape would get him started? — Nick.
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The prohibition appears thus in the Book of Universal Law, 19th edition (the latest I believe) published at Nuber in 322: “It is and shall be utterly and forever forbidden on pain of death by whatever method the Ecclesiastical Court of the district shall decide, to manufacture, describe, discuss, create any written reference to, or in any manner whatsoever make use of the substance vulgarly known as Gunpowder, or any other substance that may by competent authorities of the Church be reasonably suspected of containing atoms.” — Dion M. M.
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Any group of travelers who follow the roads and keep together for safety is called a caravan. The word seems to have been used a little differently in Old Time. — Dion M. M.
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The Holy Murcan Church apparently adopted the fantasy of vicarious atonement from Old-Time Christianity with one curious modification. According to the modern creed, any saintly man, not only Christ or Abraham, can take on himself the sins of others if the Lord agrees to the deal. Like modern believers, the Christians of Old Time seem never to have felt anything repellent or atrocious in the doctrine that a man could get a free ride into heaven on the suffering and death of another. The parallel to primitive god-killing rituals was of course noted only by scholars. — Dion M. M.
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I put him to bed, Nickie — he’ll be all right in the morning. — Dion.
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I will praise my love for the honey of his words — honest, Spice, it’s simply a matter of keeping one’s mouth shut in a pleasant tone of voice. — Nick.
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Out to lunch. — N. D.
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Correction: the Universal Tithing Law, which took an annual dollar from every individual over sixteen, was repealed in 324. True, the Church replaced it with what they call the More Universal Tithing Law, costing everyone a buck and a half; but the first law was honestly repealed, no crud. — Dion M. M.
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No, that wasn’t the reason for keeping it to myself. The reason is that I have not Davy’s open nature. He was able somehow to struggle for truth in autobiography even while “pursued by foot-notes” and with Miranda and me looking over his shoulder most of the time. I could never attempt that. For me the struggle must he in the dark, intensely private, doubtful of outcome. This note is written in May of 339, a full year after Davy’s departure with the Morning Star — (Barr intended to bring her back in four months). If Davy returns — (we still hope, but don’t talk about it any more) — I could perhaps show him what I have written about the years of the Regency, and maybe we could talk more frankly than we ever did in the old days. I would now, of course, give anything I possess for the corniest of his footnotes. — D.M.M.
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