Intellectual Takeout 2/5/2026 9:45:04 AM
 
It’s often said that “tenderness leads to the gas chambers.” Derived from a passage in Flannery O’Connor’s work, “Mystery and Manners,” the full quote in context gives a solid lesson on how compassion untethered to virtue can lead to disaster and ruin: If other ages felt less, they saw more, even though they saw with