[Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Bonhoeffer quote

[James Wiegel]

Anyone near the archives?  I think my sister showed me this on the brochure for Summer 66

Jim Wiegel
Jfwiegel at yahoo.com

On Dec 10, 2010, at 8:04, Terry Bergdall <bergdall2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The correct version (except for the outdated exclusive language) is better than my memory:
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> "The ultimate question for a responsible man to ask, is not how to extricate himself heroically from the affair, but how the coming generation is to live."
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> A Google search revealed this to have been quoted in M. Bosanquet, The Life and Death of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (New York: Harper, 1962), p. 221.
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> On 10 Dec 2010, at 08:41, Terry Bergdall wrote:
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>> On 10 Dec 2010, at 07:34, James Wiegel wrote:
>>> I like George's quote, isn't there a similar one by Bonhoeffer?  something about the challenge is not how to survive, but how the future generations will live . . .
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>> I am not sure about its source nor its exact phrasing (though I think this is close), but here is something I recall:
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>> "The question the man of responsibility asks is not 'how can we extricate ourselves from the current situation' but rather 'how is the coming generation to live?'"
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>> Since I've remembered it for over 40 years, it obviously made a big impression on me.
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>> Terry
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