he Moral Law tells us the tune we have to play: our instincts are merely the keys.he Moral Law tells us the tune we have to play: our instincts are merely the keys.

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Sometimes it is hard not to say, ‘God forgive God.’Sometimes it is hard not to say, ‘God forgive God.’

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Divine Gift-love in the man enables him to love what is not naturally lovable.Divine Gift-love in the man enables him to love what is not naturally lovable.

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In Christian morals ‘thy neighbor’ includes ‘thy enemy.In Christian morals ‘thy neighbor’ includes ‘thy enemy.

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And grief still feels like fear. Perhaps, more strictly, like suspense.And grief still feels like fear. Perhaps, more strictly, like suspense.

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If no set of moral ideas were truer or better than any other, there would be no sense in preferring civilized morality to savage morality, or Christian morality to Nazi morality.If no set of moral ideas were truer or better than any other, there would be no sense in preferring civilized morality to savage morality, or Christian morality to Nazi morality.

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Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive, as we had during the war.Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive, as we had during the war.

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I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed…I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed…

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Amiable agnostics will talk cheerfully about ‘man's search for God.’ To me, as I then was, they might as well have talked about the mouse's search for the cat.Amiable agnostics will talk cheerfully about ‘man's search for God.’ To me, as I then was, they might as well have talked about the mouse's search for the cat.

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Need is so near greed and we are so greedy already that it seems a strange grace.Need is so near greed and we are so greedy already that it seems a strange grace.

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