'Glory is a thoroughly illiberal concept'
A well-known journalist and fight fan once said privately that glory is a thoroughly illiberal concept, meaning the more evolved among us should be able to overcome our fixation on winning and heroism.
The triplet infants, Liberty, Freedom, and Justice, are contending for life; a small colonial nation is struggling to its feet; the people from many lands, squirming in the ``melting-pot,'' are firming up, suffering labor pains toward the birth of a divine new program, ``a marvelous work and a wonder'', the restoration of the gospel in all its far-reaching detail.