“Would that the farmer might sing snatches of Scripture at his plough and that the weaver might hum phrases of Scripture to the tune of his shuttle, that the traveler might lighten with stories from Scripture the weariness of his journey.” “When I get a little money I buy books,” wrote Erasmus of Rotterdam, who took the name Desiderius in his adult life. “If any is left … I buy food and clothes.” This illegitimate