tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post1272392517713494352..comments2024-03-28T19:56:32.848-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `The Mere Magic of Words'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-72358426093749532282013-04-11T11:44:19.795-05:002013-04-11T11:44:19.795-05:00I just read Chesterton's book on Aquinas last ...I just read Chesterton's book on Aquinas last month, and found it curious. The writer, not his topic, is very much front and center in the book, and to what I found an annoying degree. It had the feel of a finger wagging lecture, and that's not what I was used to with Chesterton.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469589866078306414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-58684168872093448612013-04-05T12:45:46.300-05:002013-04-05T12:45:46.300-05:00Lovely post. And great to have a link to Lincoln&#...Lovely post. And great to have a link to Lincoln's speech.<br /><br />Thanks for posting.Jonathan Chanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03647746685252448938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-69651344938817690952013-04-05T05:15:52.546-05:002013-04-05T05:15:52.546-05:00Aquinas's great hymn Pange Lingua forms part o...Aquinas's great hymn Pange Lingua forms part of many Holy Thursday services--not always in Latin, to be sure. It repays a close look, which will show that he was aware of the "magic of words", but putting them to use in a hymn that is closely reasoned theologically.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com