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; $26 Some years, like some poets and politicians and some lovely women, are singled out for fame far beyond the common lot, and 1929 was clearly such a year.
After months of a spirited but serious debate about the future of the country - about whether our common lot is best safeguarded and advanced by a thoughtful young senator from Illinois or a tough veteran from Arizona - we now are hearing one side question whether the other is genuinely American.
All of this is revealed in the humanity of Jesus, precisely in his thirst, his common lot with us, his desire to avoid the cross, if that be possible (and if it is not, his acceptance of its necessity), his compassion for the suffering, his willingness to forgive, which is a power shared with us.
 
 
 
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