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'Sometimes, for the faithful, it doesn’t do to look too closely into the life of your chosen idol. Saul of Tarsus had been an enthusiastic persecutor of Christians before his spiritual detour en route to Damascus. St Camillus de Lellis, patron saint of nurses and the sick, to whom we owe the symbol of the red cross, spent his early life as a con man, a mercenary, and a compulsive gambler – little wonder he went far in the Church. Where our secular martyrs are concerned, matters become still murkier. Mahatma Gandhi tested his chastity by sleeping naked with nubile young women and girls – one of whom was his grand-niece. And as for Julian Assange ...'(Introduction)
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https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/997-january-february-2024-no-461/11814-kevin-foster-reviews-the-nature-of-honour-by-david-mcbride
The Lives of the Saints : David McBride’s Ethic of Self-interest
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