Pg. 250 of David Markson’s copy of Man the Measure: A New Approach to History by Erich Kahler:
On which Markson placed an X next to the following information from a paragraph about the misuse of papal power by Popes that “did not behave at
all differently from the other Renaissance princes”:
“And Pope Leo X, the son of Lorenzo Medici, was credited with saying: ‘This story of Jesus has helped us a lot.’”
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On pg. 184 of his novel (?) This Is Not A Novel, Markson made use of the above information:
“This story of Jesus has helped us a lot.
Allowed Pope Leo X.”