It would be a fool who claimed he could appreciate Wallace but who could not recognize evil in his own times. Our times do not lack evil, for at the very least we do not lack threats to our freedom. What our times do lack is Wallace's opportunity for action. Wallace and those who followed him had not just moral certainty, but occasion to die putting that certainty into practice. At the bloody battles of Stirling and Falkirk we are not confused about what is wrought by war.
War is awful, but at least it is opportunity for action.
But, though tired and outnumbered, they fought. It is easier to believe that their souls are saved than to believe that ours will be. Lord, I am so afraid. Give me the courage to die well. Reprinted with permission from Right Reason, an independent student journal at the University of Notre Dame.