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What is humility, anyway?

I did like David Brooks’ column (Tribune, Aug. 23), except for his statement that “Humility is the fundamental virtue.” As my slight brush with Harvard’s Divinity School instructed me, “Humility is the ultimate conceit.”

Clement Salvadori, Atascadero

This story was originally published August 26, 2017 at 7:38 PM with the headline "What is humility, anyway?."

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