…the present age is a very great age, humanly speaking. But it i… — Catholic Humanism and Modern Letters” The McAuley Lectures: Christian Humanism in Letters, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford Connecticut, (1954), p 50-51, reprinted in The Medium and the Light (1999), p 155.

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…the present age is a very great age, humanly speaking. But it is a great period dominated not so much by an idea of man as by a method of study. And that is why, paradoxically, its greatest achievements and practitioners in the arts and sciences can look both puny and superhuman at the same time.

Catholic Humanism and Modern Letters” The McAuley Lectures: Christian Humanism in Letters, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford Connecticut, (1954), p 50-51, reprinted in The Medium and the Light (1999), p 155.

Quote #6893

Year: 1954

Chapter: Today’s Transition