Dutton B Kearney

Those flying into Chicago from the east on a sunny day encounter a stunning vista. The first thing they see is a long strip of parkland, rising from the blue waters of Lake Michigan and running almost the entire length of the city from south to north. Immediately behind the parkland, a wall of glass and steel buildings thrusts upward, dramatically reflecting the greenery below. Perhaps most striking to the well-traveled eye, the line dividing the lake from the shore is remarkably free of unsightly vestiges of a rougher, more industrial past, such as rotting docks, abandoned factories and warehouses,

This article examines the letter from Margaret Roper to Alice Alington, which is commonly referred to as Thomas More's "Dialogue on Conscience." Within this dialogue, More recites two tales, one about the man named Company, and another about how a thief tricks a magistrate. While most readers of the dialogue identify More with Company, the story about Company is merely a digression, a red herring to distract readers from his surprisingly straightforward indictment of Henry VIII. More is not Company, but rather the magistrate who has been arrested under a false law, the Act of Succession.