[N]ever a quick or angry word except against the profaners of the temple, against hypocrites and great men who abused the authority they possessed . . . Is it thus that we speak? Do we measure our words in such a manner as never to give pain to our neighbor, and to render him, on the contrary, happy in his relations with us?
Is our conversation equally removed from the affected elegance which is unpleasant, and from the frivolous language ill suited to a good Christian?
-- Hamon, Meditations
With Grateful Acknowledgement for the Intercession of . . .
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