Times change, but compassion is a gift that endures

December 23, 2005

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By John English, The Kitchener Record

After a high school reunion in Massachusetts, the writer Paul Theroux was driving along a country road when he swerved suddenly to miss a cat. As he regained control, he recalled a night long ago, after a high school dance, when he sped up to hit a cat. Now, the action horrified him. Time, as high school reunions brutally remind us, brings many changes.

As people change, so do the societies in which they live. …

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