The Church Is A Perpetually Defeated Thing

If We Are To Be Happy, Decent And Secure Of Our Souls: Drink Some Kind Of Fermented Liquor With One's Food; Go On The Water From Time To Time; Dance On Occasions, And Sing In A Chorus.

Oh, You Should Never, Never Doubt What Nobody Is Sure About.

I Am A Catholic. As Far As Possible, I Go To Mass Every Day. This Is A Rosary. As Far As Possible, I Kneel Down And Tell These Beads Every Day. If You Reject Me On Account Of My Religion, I Shall Thank God That He Has Spared Me The Indignity Of Being Your Representative.

For No One, In Our Long Decline,so Dusty, Spiteful And Divided,had Quite Such Pleasant Friends As Mine,or Loved Them Half As Much As I Did. [stanza 3]the Library Was Most Inviting:the Books Upon The Crowded Shelveswere Mainly Of Our Private Writing:we Kept A School And Taught Ourselves. [stanza 15]from Quiet Homes And First Beginning,out To The Undiscovered Ends,theres Nothing Worth The Wear Of Winning,but Laughter And The Love Of Friends. [stanza 22]you Do Retain The Song We Set,and How It Rises, Trips And Scans?you Keep The Sacred Memory Yet,republicans? Republicans?[stanza 36]

Economic Freedom Is In Our Eyes A Good. It Is Among The Highest Of Temporal Goods Because It Is Necessary To The Highest Life Of Society Through The Dignity Of Man And Through The Multiplicity Of His Action, In Which Multiplicity Is Life. Through Well-divided Property Alone Can The Units Of Society React Upon The State. Through It Alone Can A Public Opinion Flourish. Only Where The Bulk Of The Cells Are Healthy Can The Whole Organism Thrive.