Running for Parliament in 1906, Hilaire Belloc was reproached for being Catholic. He told a crowd: “Gentlemen, I am a Catholic. As far as possible, I go to Mass every day. This [taking a rosary out of his pocket] 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.”
Nothing “sophisticated” there; nothing cowardly, either. And Belloc won.
I want to be like him, without running for any seat anywhere.
Nothing “sophisticated” there; nothing cowardly, either. And Belloc won.
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| Hilaire Belloc |
I want to be like him, without running for any seat anywhere.
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