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...When he calls Claus "put of a Protestant maneuver to undermine the deepest Christian meaning, of our tradition" and says that he conceals" a sectarian aim hidden under the red grab of an Old Man who seems native but who has spent many hours of his life as a knave." (The New York Times, December 15) it is time for reexamination. We must recall the pastern of accusations in these times they are made first by psychopaths, next by ambitious legislators, and finally by grand juries...
...cries the hawksman as he sends his bird aloft. Some such command rang through the woodlands of Assyria 3,000 years ago, and carried down the Middle Ages. Every king had his eagles, every earl his peregrines, and even a knave might fly a kestrel. They brought pigeon and duck to the table, and sport to the afternoon...
Modern totalitarianism, according to Berggrav, is the flowering of this insidious line of thought. "There will be an awful day of judgment for us if all we do now is to put the label 'knave' on those of our contemporaries who are responsible for the present state of affairs, and refuse to recognize that there is a thread of continuity throughout...
...dare you compare lovable, honest, confused, right-minded George F. Babbitt and the sanctimonious hypocrite Elmer Gantry? No knave, Babbitt. Once his conscience is awakened, he tries to fight the restrictions of his society, but of course he loses. I am all for Sinclair Lewis. Along with Remain Rolland and maybe a couple of others, he showed that in the 20th Century it is still possible to understand the foibles of humanity and yet have a warm love for people...
...gentlemen," said Lattimore, "my analysis of this may be partly or wholly wrong. But if anybody says that it is disloyal or unAmerican, he is a fool or a knave...