Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

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Hope

Hope

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Anthony Esolen
Mar 13, 2023
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Some of our most common words come from we don’t know where, though we might make a wild guess now and then — boy, dog, and today’s word, hope. I’d say that so long as a boy’s got his dog, he and the dog have hope, but what would that mean? Maybe that they can catch something good to eat, or find their way back home, or do a number on the robber who’s…

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