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"an edge of liveliness" — or otherwise, presumably, subside into pinochle! Nevertheless, the fact remains that the most fiery of the Apostles told his Colossians, one, to be gracious in conversation, two, to be lively, and three, to be ready and well informed. It is also well to stress that he lays down these requirements, not primarily to get on well in this world, but to become the sort of Christian who deserves heaven in the next. St. Paul's prescription for talking brings to mind that of the man about whom the world's greatest biography was written, the man whom I tend to regard as a great Protestant saint, Samuel Johnson. Boswell reports: |
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