THE Lord himself does not assume the right to govern another intelligence in the universe without the other’s consent; and when such a right is assumed by finite man, it is only made manifest that “fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”
THAT the pope is a good politician need not be thought at all strange in view of the fact that the whole papal system is the outcome of politics and the church. No one not a good church politician can ever become pope, and a good church politician is a good politician all around.