Of course, sometimes the coming generation needs to see people going down fighting like heroes in the face of certain defeat! Or at least, taking the hit of what seems like certain defeat, and disclosing that certain defeat isn't all it's cracked up to be... On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Terry Bergdall <bergdall2@gmail.com> wrote:
"To talk of going down fighting like heroes in the face of certain defeat is not really heroic at all, but merely a refusal to face the future. The ultimate question for a responsible man to ask is not how he is to extricate himself heroically from the affair, but how the coming generation is to live."
I believe this is from "After Ten Years" in Letters and Papers from Prison. Terry
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:50 AM, George Holcombe <geowanda@earthlink.net>wrote:
What was that quote from Bonhoeffer a few days ago about lost causes, or going down with the ship, something like that. I was trying to look it up and couldn't find it.
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