. The Knights of Columbus in peace and war. THE KNIOHCT^ OF COODLMBIDI^ IN AMBm^M^ j. Opposing Bolshevism 195 basis for a good understanding of modern conditions, historicalbackground was necessary. No period of history had been, untilvery recently, so misunderstood as the seminal period of the Mid-dle Ages, the Dark Ages, as they were misnamed, simply becauseno English writer had had the equipment or the perception toexplore it, although a new school of acute research-workers wasthen forming in England to dissipate some of that darkness withwhich the prejudices of the Reformers had obs
. The Knights of Columbus in peace and war. THE KNIOHCT^ OF COODLMBIDI^ IN AMBm^M^ j. Opposing Bolshevism 195 basis for a good understanding of modern conditions, historicalbackground was necessary. No period of history had been, untilvery recently, so misunderstood as the seminal period of the Mid-dle Ages, the Dark Ages, as they were misnamed, simply becauseno English writer had had the equipment or the perception toexplore it, although a new school of acute research-workers wasthen forming in England to dissipate some of that darkness withwhich the prejudices of the Reformers had obscured it. Toattempt a process of education through books, through the for-mation of a library to be circulated among the members of theOrder, would have been too expensive and too slow to meet theimmediate necessities. Fortunately, a very distinguished man, aversatile and well-grounded scholar. Dr. James J. Walsh, waswilling to undertake this work of education. For this no Ameri-can was more fitted. His works on medical and historical ques-tions had already excited attention in the unive
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