A man has honour if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient unprofitable or dangerous to do so.

Walter Lippmann
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  3. There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride. They have yielded to the perennial temptation.

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