On the Giving and Receiving of Honor

Stephen White of Catholic University reflects on Veteran’s Day.

“To honor someone is to confer upon them some measure of our own esteem. One cannot give what one does not possess, so in a real sense, one cannot honor another unless one is himself, in some sense, honorable. The more honorable, the more dignified, the more prestigious (in the best sense) the one conferring honors, the greater the significance of the honor conferred.”

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