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Falling Petals, issue 2, Summer 1946
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PROPHECY By Donald J Paquette One of these days--though It may be a long, long time-- Some simple-minded fool, harmless and good-natured Who never tried to do anything--but live, Nor searched for aught--save A handful of crumbs, a roof, and a woman perhaps, Is going to discover a great secret-- and blow up the earth. ("Westward," May, 1934.) Dig up the question of intellectuality (in regard to religion) and you will generally find the grub of immorality in the roots. (Catholic Instruction Class, St Boniface Church, San Francisco, January 24, 1946.) "I am for the old faith," he (Dowson) broke in: "I've become a Catholic as every artist must. Have you heard this-- Upon the eyes, the lips, the feet, On all the passages of sense, The atoning oil is spread with sweet Renewal of lost innocence." With a gasp of surprise I recognized that he had become a master of his instrument; the mounting music of the last couplet was super-excellent. ("The Swan-Song of Youth: Ernest Dowson," by Frank Harris, Pearson's Magazine, March, 1917.) She set a rose to blossom in her hair, The day faith died; "Now glad" she said "and free again, And life is wide"... But through long nights she stared into the dark, And knew she lied. (Fanny Heaslip Lea, in "Man of the Renaissance," Samuel Putnam, Francois Rabelius, New York, 1929.) Nothing can be more useful to a man than a determination not to be hurried... Great works.. have endless leisure for a background as the universe has space; great art transcends the actual, suggests the ageless and timeless. - Henry David Thoreau. Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. I suffer, every day, from the want of perception of beauty in people. They do not know the charm of manners, of self-command, of benevolence. ("Culture," by Ralph W Emerson.) -5-
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PROPHECY By Donald J Paquette One of these days--though It may be a long, long time-- Some simple-minded fool, harmless and good-natured Who never tried to do anything--but live, Nor searched for aught--save A handful of crumbs, a roof, and a woman perhaps, Is going to discover a great secret-- and blow up the earth. ("Westward," May, 1934.) Dig up the question of intellectuality (in regard to religion) and you will generally find the grub of immorality in the roots. (Catholic Instruction Class, St Boniface Church, San Francisco, January 24, 1946.) "I am for the old faith," he (Dowson) broke in: "I've become a Catholic as every artist must. Have you heard this-- Upon the eyes, the lips, the feet, On all the passages of sense, The atoning oil is spread with sweet Renewal of lost innocence." With a gasp of surprise I recognized that he had become a master of his instrument; the mounting music of the last couplet was super-excellent. ("The Swan-Song of Youth: Ernest Dowson," by Frank Harris, Pearson's Magazine, March, 1917.) She set a rose to blossom in her hair, The day faith died; "Now glad" she said "and free again, And life is wide"... But through long nights she stared into the dark, And knew she lied. (Fanny Heaslip Lea, in "Man of the Renaissance," Samuel Putnam, Francois Rabelius, New York, 1929.) Nothing can be more useful to a man than a determination not to be hurried... Great works.. have endless leisure for a background as the universe has space; great art transcends the actual, suggests the ageless and timeless. - Henry David Thoreau. Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. I suffer, every day, from the want of perception of beauty in people. They do not know the charm of manners, of self-command, of benevolence. ("Culture," by Ralph W Emerson.) -5-
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