I forget how many times I have read this or listened to the audio book. But each time, something gets me. This time around it was reading the quotes in the Afterward with regard to "Albert's anti-religious views".

"My experience in the First World War and now the Second World War changed my outlook on things. It is hard to believe that there is a God. I feel that the Bible is a book that was written by man, not for the good of man but for the purpose of preying on a person's conscience, and to confuse him. Anyone who has taken part in a fierce bayonet charge (and I have), and who has managed to retain his proper senses, must doubt the truth of the Bible and the powers of God, if one exists. And considering the many hundreds of different religions that there are in this world of ours, and the fact that many religions have caused terrible wars and hatreds throughout the world, and the many religions that have hoarded terrific wealth and property while people inside and outside of the religion are starving, it is difficult to remain a believer. No sir, there is not God, it is only a myth."

I'm with Albert on this one. I believe that if Albert had not taken responsibility for himself (and often the others around him), then no book would have been written and we would not have been able to follow the journey of this extraordinary life.

RELEASE NOTES:

On bollard outside the front door.

Released as part of the 2007 52 Towns In 52 Weeks Release Challenge.