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Have you read it yourself? If so, what was your opinion of the writing? I found its style and content sophisticated and elegant and, given that, vulnerable and human in unexpected and enigmatic ways.</p>
<p>Very moving, very dark & deep and somehow, inexplicably, so full of transcendent hope and wisdom.</p>
<p>I’d love to hear another opinion.<a href=“Sorry,%20FountainSiren.%20%20I%20wasn’t%20ignoring%20you;%20just%20absent.”>/quote</a> </p>
<p>Yes, I’ve read it–long, long ago. I liked it and was surprised by it, but it’s difficult to sort out a half century’s historical hindsight from the (my) callow impressions of youth and, in Chambers’ case, probably impossible for anyone to sort fact from fiction. </p>
<p>I’m not sure Chambers didn’t just trade one type of religious fervor for another. To be honest, I didn’t bring a sympathetic religious sensibility with me to the reading and wouldn’t today. And now that I’m a parent, I know a little bit about the… (ahem) selective truth we sometimes pass on to our children. I do think it’s an important book for young people to help them understand both the roots and continuing evolution of conservatism, probably as important as “Conscience of a Conservative.” Maybe it’s time for me to reread it. :)</p>
<p>What do you think? Was he a victim? a traitor? a reliable witness?</p>