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 Many will read this book primarily as a unique historical document; many will find in its meditations an unusual devotional book.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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... remember that most of them must have been written by a man at the extreme limits of mental and physical exhaustion . A man who has had only four or five hours sleep a night for weeks can hardly be ex- pected to show levity or the ...
... remember that most of them must have been written by a man at the extreme limits of mental and physical exhaustion . A man who has had only four or five hours sleep a night for weeks can hardly be ex- pected to show levity or the ...
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... remember the Christmases when we all gathered . Who could then have believed that life would ever become so torn asunder- " Now the words and the subdued voice come back to me - thirty years later - as her daughter writes the same ...
... remember the Christmases when we all gathered . Who could then have believed that life would ever become so torn asunder- " Now the words and the subdued voice come back to me - thirty years later - as her daughter writes the same ...
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... remember that the praise far exceeded what the events justified . You thought yourself indifferent - until you felt your jealousy flare up at his naīve attempts to " make himself im- portant , " and your self - conceit stood exposed ...
... remember that the praise far exceeded what the events justified . You thought yourself indifferent - until you felt your jealousy flare up at his naīve attempts to " make himself im- portant , " and your self - conceit stood exposed ...
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answer become body Caesarea Philippi courage created Dag Hammarskjöld dare dark dead death demands destiny Djuna Barnes drawing nigh dream earth empty entries Erik Lindegren eternal everything experience eyes faith fate fear feel forgive give God's gray Gunnar Ekelöf haiku Hammar hand happy heart hour human Karl Ragnar Gierow knew lack Leif light live loneliness look Lord mankind marskjöld meaning meet Meister Eckhart mind mirror morning naked never Night is drawing ourselves patience peace perhaps petty Phinehas play possible Prayer pride Psalm reality responsibility rest road sacrifice sake say Yes seek self-surrender sense silence Simone Weil skjöld skjöld's someone soul spiritual spite St.-John Perse stand strength Swedish Thee things Thomas ā Kempis Thou thought tion translation trees truth unto victory W. H. AUDEN wave wind word