Logic from the Master

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" When asked why he never argued with anyone, the Master told of the old

blacksmith who confided in a friend that his blacksmith father had wanted him

to follow his profession. But his mother had set her heart on his becoming a

dentist. 'And you know I'm glad my father had his way because if I had

become a dentist, I would have starved to death. And I can prove it.'

 

'How?', asked the friend.

 

'Well, I've been in this smithy for thirty years, and not once in all that

time has anyone asked me to pull out a tooth.'

 

" That, " the Master concluded, " is the logic that arguments are made of. When

you see, you need no logic. "

 

Anthony de Mello, S.J.

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