MarkingsBallantine Books, 1982 - 195 sidor Dag Hammarskjold 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. Hammarskjold himself described the manuscript as a "sort of white book concerning my negotiations with myself and with God." The first entry is a poem written about 1925; the notes made during the 1940's and 1950's reflect a period of constant spiritual growth, self-questioning, and resolution; and the book ends with a poem he wrote only a few weeks before his death. In Markings Hammarskjold felt that he gave the only true profile of himself. Lacking as it does any reference to the external world, the book constitutes only haft a portrait, as W. H. Auden points out in his Foreword. But as we read it, the outer image of the Secretary-General persists and heightens the sense of loneliness Hammarskjold 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 Many will read this book primarily as a unique historical document; many will find in its meditations an unusual devotional book.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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... possible , because faith can move mountains . The " great " commitment all too easily obscures the " little " one . But without the humility and warmth which you have to develop in your relations to the few with whom you are personally ...
... possible , because faith can move mountains . The " great " commitment all too easily obscures the " little " one . But without the humility and warmth which you have to develop in your relations to the few with whom you are personally ...
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... possible if we ourselves can forgive . Your responsibility is indeed terrifying . If you fail , it is God , thanks to your having betrayed Him , who will fail mankind . You fancy you can be responsible to God ; can you carry the ...
... possible if we ourselves can forgive . Your responsibility is indeed terrifying . If you fail , it is God , thanks to your having betrayed Him , who will fail mankind . You fancy you can be responsible to God ; can you carry the ...
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... possible that you have some- thing of value to contribute . This is the answer when you are groaning under what you consider a burden and an uncertainty prolonged ad infinitum . " The Uncarved Block " -remain at the Center , which is ...
... possible that you have some- thing of value to contribute . This is the answer when you are groaning under what you consider a burden and an uncertainty prolonged ad infinitum . " The Uncarved Block " -remain at the Center , which is ...
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