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08-10-2024, 11:00 AM

Carl Copeland Carl Copeland is offline

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Roger, the quote I cited is from Isaiah di Trani (c. 1180–c. 1250), but Wikipedia traces the metaphor back to at least 1123. I’d never heard of the Merton book. Thanks for that!

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