The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-27

all possibility thinking straight and clean to the end of
or democracy good words in themselves used
para7 thought instead of promote it. More frequently the
der p or mere destrcpe Criticism Again these phrases can
have perfectly legitimate but really they seldom do have it
Old Doctor Johnson said that patriotism the last refuge Of
his saying was and % justified By the fact that seounrei
ready to betray his country will be to proclaim himself
anbene and most paopiebeine pS kind and lazy and little
stupid as most people arew accept him on his own terms
many of keen mind,-at in his opin
ion and therefore the opinion of his acauantances
has brushed aside worthy consideration for 9th other reason
who proposed boo How many person rates
self clear thinker has refused all thought question: that
mood Of the mOment,-as intolerant
There nothing modern this modern abuse of the mind
Nearly two centuries have passed since the Doctor Johnson Just
for their opinions than that they fashion And what
bel by editor other tkave such
advertiser or mere chaerer Let someone no matter how r.
oanoded person belongs fringe
business is done: an opinion is instantly in fashion
The who subscrbes the mind notion has no
open mind the subject of his pet doctrine. supposng
s the h mind at M To Se P there m is 5 y o @ in we ws
full Gertrude Be had But the open mind is much like the
open mouth The mind must o be open to to receive eS truth as the
true and solid food, it must close and retain
One of the most common of mental opates is the phrase
about criticism Now true that there are great
everything Should not blind further
man who finds fault with what bad or inadequate is merely
calls enon to ms wSa Pea should rs not Be a
and that very action is constructive action
truly destructive critic Ito give him which he
Judge like man %Se
that necessary bridge unsghy unsafe and should be
removed constructive critic who should Eyes, the
bridge must down But let shore to while
we build better one"
But when there is question Of bridge of ANYTHING
and ask what to be set in place of what to be removed
One does say WELL when has conquered this
simply thing merits destruction Or removal and
matter is occasion to consider re-
placement or to tag the who suggests action
destructive critic
Labels like crank refoTmeY dogooder-or fear of being
marked with such labe-has kept silent and in
decent magazines and display in shops drug
stores good who has let his mind be parayzed by the
permit his children there freely refusing look his
plain duty What he should do of tell the proprietor
that he and his family will business that shop
until the offending merchandise is removed
The who lacks courage speak to the shop
chdren would hesitate declare himself
with vgor the hopkeeper were dispensing maruana or
heron to all Yet the pornographic display is
far more potent and deadly poison than habitfomng
drug Who will deny this fact? Yet how think the thing
out and face the fact? Very few indeed their minds and moral
parazed by phrases tags abeor the
fear of them.
The who bols the water when there is danger of
contamination and who takes prompt action to his teeth
just nothing all the evil chances
that that the soul far important than the body
vrre more precious than bodily life why does he not act in
ccordance with his knowledoe3 Rpcause he has naravzed
mind has doped with cches; he has succumbed to the
fashion in opinions he has surrendered to the fear of being
considered crank reformer dogooder manbehindthe-
by paralytic persuasion 1ive modern like
the who, according to TV announces smokes Allen Ens