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A reader writes:<\/p>\n

I\u2019m writing to you about a Catholic writer who should not be forgotten \u2014 Bruce Marshall<\/a>.<\/p>\n
His work is very substantial and heart-warming in the spiritual, not sentimental sense.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In my case, it\u2019s too late: I\u2019ve already forgotten him. Or rather, I\u2019ve never heard of him. Does anybody know his work?<\/p>\n
Not that my ignorance means much here. You could fill libraries with the stuff I don\u2019t know. Marshall may well be worth lionizing. But I\u2019ve never heard tell of him before. If you know his work, feel free to give us more info in the combox.<\/p>\n
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A reader writes: I\u2019m writing to you about a Catholic writer who should not be forgotten \u2014 Bruce Marshall. His work is very substantial and heart-warming in the spiritual, not sentimental sense. In my case, it\u2019s too late: I\u2019ve already forgotten him. Or rather, I\u2019ve never heard of him. Does anybody know his work? 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