Phyllis McGinley - Saint-watching (1969)

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History must always be taken with a grain of salt. It is, after all, not a science but an art.

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Behind every myth lies a truth; beyond every legend is reality, as radiant (sometimes as chilling) as the story itself.

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For the wonderful thing about saints is that they were human. They lost their tempers, got hungry, scolded God, were egotistical or testy or impatient in their turns, made mistakes and regretted them. Still they went on doggedly blundering toward heaven.

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One applauds the industry of professional philanthropy. But it has its dangers. After a while the private heart begins to harden. We fling letters into the wastebasket, are abrupt to telephoned solicitations. Charity withers in the incessant gale.

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