John Calvin in Calgary Herald

William McKenzie has an article in the November 1st Calgary Herald, reprinted from the Dallas Morning News, which highlights the legacy of John Calvin. The aspects of Calvin's legacy which McKenzie highlights include:
- Calvin's radical view of education who "had a psassion for children learning to read and going to school";
- Calvin's embracing of the intellect, including the publication of his Institutes which are considered "one of the world's 10 most influential works" and "must-read theolgoical works.";
- Calvin's practical mind, which included a closed sewer system in Geneva which he considered one of his great accomplishments;
- Calvin's views of governance which "certainly influenced our democratic form of government.";
- Calvin's view of work which "reshaped the way people approached labour".

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