The Hero Was Distinguished By His Achievement;

Technology Is So Much Fun But We Can Drown In Our Technology. The Fog Of Information Can Drive Out Knowledge.

The Christian Test Was A Willingness To Believe In The One Jesus Christ And His Message Of Salvation. What Was Demanded Was Not Criticism But Credulity. The Church Fathers Observed That In The Realm Of Thought Only Heresy Had A History.

Our Attitude Toward Our Own Culture Has Recently Been Characterized By Two Qualities, Braggadocio And Petulance. Braggadocio - Empty Boasting Of American Power, American Virtue, American Know-how - Has Dominated Our Foreign Relations Now For Some Decades. Here At Home - Within The Family, So To Speak - Our Attitude To Our Culture Expresses A Superficially Different Spirit, The Spirit Of Petulance. Never Before, Perhaps, Has A Culture Been So Fragmented Into Groups, Each Full Of Its Own Virtue, Each Annoyed And Irritated At The Others.

While The Jeffersonian Did Not Flatly Deny The Creator's Power To Perform Miracles, He Admired His Refusal To Do So.

The Hero Created Himself; The Celebrity Is Created By The Media.