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_005197429	Lonergan, William I. (William Ignatius), 1884-1936.	Why apologize?	1930		.txt	text/plain	8260	561	72	But we would rather emphasize just now that, in ad- dition to the revealed doctrines she has to communicate, the Catholic Church offers man a philosophy of life and a set of norms by which the principles, if not the facts , involved in purely secular branches of knowledge, may be safely tested and properly appraised, so that though primarily in- stituted to convey religious truths to mSLnkind, even in the field of prc;>fane learning she has a distinctive and well worth-while contribution to make towards the perfection of the minds of those who listen with docility to her teachings. What the nation needs, however, is not more 7 8 THE MORAL APPEAL OF CATHOLICISM statutes but more attention to the Ten Commandments, not more investigations and commissions but more men and women with the love and fear of God in their hearts.	cache/_005197429.txt	txt/_005197429.txt