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Mysticism for the Masses. To begin with, Benedictine Graham finds Merton's approach to mysticism, i.e., "the highest form of union with God to which man can attain on earth," at once too rigid and too loose. It is too rigid because Merton implies that the monastic, ascetic life is the only way to sainthood. It is too loose because he implies that the monastic ideal can be realized by almost anybody. "Merton ... is in fact a propagandist of mysticism for the masses...
...wonderful life would now become! What an inconceivable experience it is to attain one's ideal and, at the very same moment, to fulfill oneself. I was stirred to the depths of my being. Never had I felt happiness like this-so intense and yet so pure...
...fellowmen lasting peace to attain...
...this appropriate outrage should not obscure the multitude of honest editors and reporters, nor, especially, the problem they face. There is the vexing question of objectivity, a difficult quality to define and almost impossible to attain. Various periodicals, notably the Reporter, claim that the current concept of objectivity is simply a comfortable illusion. They say reporters should add a measure of interpretation and analysis to news stories...
...pass the buck to the colleges. It is our role to bring boys to the highest degree of maturity possible." All this is just what the Loomis founders wanted-"to train boys to habits of vigor and self-reliance and [to use] every means to attain this...