We have made men proud of most vices, but not of cowardice. Whenever we have almost succeeded in doing so, the Enemy permits a war or an earthquake or some other calamity, and at once courage becomes so obviously lovely and important even in human eyes that all our work is undone, and there is still at least one vice of which they feel genuine shame.
An odder quote to use than most, but still apropos in this situation, methinks.
Screwtape, I believe.
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The juxtaposition of this, with a bit of “news” from a lib associate here: http://act.watchdog.net/petitions/2675?share_ref=WD6GVgC7QRU (headline: Hungary has fallen) has .. well, I hope that the latter does not re-prove the former.
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Mew