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ein feiste burg and all that. My old advisor, whom I went to see today so I could touch the hem of his garment, be healed and tell him I'm thinkin' about revolution said, "Yah!" (he's got a norwegian-by-canadian-by-north-dakotan accent which must be heard to be believed) "Yah! I'd join you, sure!" I complained about the current regime regaining power, he said, "I know. I'm always scared when there's calvinists in charge." Then he said, "Remember what Luther said, better to be ruled by a wise Turk than a stupid Christian!" *
Then I went up to the 3rd floor of the library and spent some time with the death mask (a copy of the cast of luther's face is owned by the seminary). I noticed after all these years, that you can see he's almost smiling, it's a much kinder face than I realized. I dusted off the case and smiled at the old guy, said a little prayer and went out with a spring in my step.
Today turned out to be a pretty good day. viva revolucion. start limbering up your inkwell-flinging arms people, the Lutherans are comin'.
* Armenians, for example, might think differently about what kind of Turk, if any, they'd enjoy being ruled by. But Luther's point was more about being ruled by a reasonable non-believer than a foolish believer. (in the case of 16th century Europe, the Turks were under specifically Muslim rule and the Germans (those great lovers of immigrants) were in a protracted and precarious struggle with the Turks)
Then I went up to the 3rd floor of the library and spent some time with the death mask (a copy of the cast of luther's face is owned by the seminary). I noticed after all these years, that you can see he's almost smiling, it's a much kinder face than I realized. I dusted off the case and smiled at the old guy, said a little prayer and went out with a spring in my step.
Today turned out to be a pretty good day. viva revolucion. start limbering up your inkwell-flinging arms people, the Lutherans are comin'.
* Armenians, for example, might think differently about what kind of Turk, if any, they'd enjoy being ruled by. But Luther's point was more about being ruled by a reasonable non-believer than a foolish believer. (in the case of 16th century Europe, the Turks were under specifically Muslim rule and the Germans (those great lovers of immigrants) were in a protracted and precarious struggle with the Turks)