God And the Supernatural a Catholic Statement of the Christian Faith
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Nor have these souls merely desired suffering as the unavoidable price of an other-worldly reward. As has been pointed out already, they have found in suffering itself a present and unique joy absent from pleasure or happiness however innocent or elevated. We cannot reject this attitude as a mere neurotic perversion. We might just as reasonably reject the aesthetic perceptions of the artistic genius, or the intellectual perceptions of the scientist or philosopher, because we cannot ourselves sh...are them. Majorities are no test of truth. Wisdom is not democratic. The more delicate instruments reach farther and register more ac- curately than the blunter and the more imperfect. And in our own deepest moments, despite our natural aversion to pain, we bear witness in ourselves to the truth of the saints. 142 GOD AND THE SUPERNATURAL We recognize that there is in suffering a value which happiness does not possess. Not only my faith but my reason, compels me to affirm this, notwithstanding all my loathing of pain and my thirst for pleasure.
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