I Believed That English-speaking People Had A

I Knew In My Gut That There Was Something Wrong With A System That Couldn't Fire Its Incompetents, And I Had My Share Of Incompetent College Teachers.

Looking Back, I Wince At The Careless Way I Tossed Out My Opinions.

I Decided To Take God And Organized Religion Seriously, And To Reject The Secular Life Which In My Teens Had Looked Attractive Because It Allowed Me To Act In Any Way That I Wanted.

I Believed That English-speaking People Had A Divine Mission To Civilize The World By Making It Western, Democratic And Christian.

I Have Decided To Follow In My Sinful Ways, And Have Largely Abandoned The Increasingly Religious Life I Was Leading Over The Previous Months, Including Several Hours Of Talmudic Study A Day.