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...confirmed atheist, I don't believe in the influence of religion on health. The only thing I admit is that religion can help through auto-suggestion. But religion will always survive, as mundus vult decipi (the world wants to be deceived). Frits Gorlé, GHENT, BELGIUM...
From the beginnings of history, when many of his favorite gods were gods of war, man has invoked the deity in battle. Medieval Crusaders cut their way toward Jerusalem-sometimes through fellow Christians-shouting "Deus vult!" (God wills it!). Yankee soldiers in the Civil War marched into battle singing about God's "terrible swift sword." In World War II, both sides felt that God was behind them: Wehrmacht soldiers fought with GOTT MIT UNS emblazoned on their belt buckles; Americans were urged to "praise the Lord and pass the ammunition...
...enliven the Latin of Cicero (106-43 B.C.). As editor of the Latin Dictionary of Modern Terms, he has translated hundreds of post-Ciceronian words and phrases, from newspaper reporter (diurnarius scriptor-daily writer), to spaghetti (pasta vermiculata-little worm-shaped dough) and "Tennis, anyone?" ("Ludere manubriato reticulo quisnam vult?"-"Is there someone who wants to play the game of the net with handle?"). Last week, Monsignor Bacci was embarked upon a new project: publication of the world's first international Latin quarterly...
Velut astra vult teredo...
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