MarkingsKnopf, 1964 - 222 sidor The author left behind the manuscript of this book to be published after his death. It is a remarkable record of the spiritual life of a man whose public image was universally known and admired--a record that reveals the extent of his commitment to the Way of the Cross. He felt he gave the only true profile of himself. Lacking as it does any reference to the external world, the book constitutes only half a portrait. But as we read it, the outer image of the Secretary-General persists and heightens the sense of loneliness he conveys, the severity with which he marked his own spiritual conduct and measured the integrity of his soul, his conception of life as a summons, and his premonition of death. Many will read this book primarily as a unique historical document; many will find in its meditations an unusual devotional book. But, above all, almost every reader is bound to feel, with Auden, that he has had "the privilege of being in contact with a great, good and lovable man." |
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... once jokingly told me , is like being a secular Pope , and the Papal throne is a lonely eminence . As the head of an international organization , the Secretary General cannot afford to show personal preferences for one person in it to ...
... once jokingly told me , is like being a secular Pope , and the Papal throne is a lonely eminence . As the head of an international organization , the Secretary General cannot afford to show personal preferences for one person in it to ...
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... once so vital , spread themselves over the pages as cold abstractions simple ones , but we failed to understand them . We appear as rather stupid , foolish , self - seeking puppets , moved by obvious strings , which , now and again ...
... once so vital , spread themselves over the pages as cold abstractions simple ones , but we failed to understand them . We appear as rather stupid , foolish , self - seeking puppets , moved by obvious strings , which , now and again ...
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... once again , you chose for yourself and opened the door to chaos . The chaos you become whenever God's hand does not rest upon your head . He who has once been under God's hand , has lost his innocence : only he feels the full explosive ...
... once again , you chose for yourself and opened the door to chaos . The chaos you become whenever God's hand does not rest upon your head . He who has once been under God's hand , has lost his innocence : only he feels the full explosive ...
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