Ah, yes. I had almost forgotten the context. This thread began with your observation that we modern rationalists tend to refrain from praise-speech and worship-speech lest we be mocked by someone practicing Medawar-speech. Isn't it sad Sacchin?

Well, that is true. But personally, I tend to find the cadences of Medawar's scorn to be every bit as exalting and ennobling as Mussorgsky's overture.