February 2012
9 posts
To My Old Master →
from Letters of Note
If only I had declared this kind of ownership over...
“In 1812, the year Charles Dickens was born, there were 66 novels published in Britain. People had been writing novels for a century—most critics date the genre to Robinson Crusoe in 1719—but nobody aspired to do it professionally. Many works of fiction appeared anonymously, with attributions like “By a Lady.”
From ‘Charles in Charge’ by Radhika Jones
January 2012
10 posts
I read this a few days ago, when it was meant to be read, but I thought it was too beautiful not to be shared.
New Year
O Lord,
Length of days does not profit me
except the days are passed in thy pressence,
in thy service, to thy glory.
Give me a grace that precedes, follows, guides,
sustains, sanctifies, aids every hour,
that I may not be one moment apart from thee,
but may rely on...
December 2011
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November 2011
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The Library Phantom Returns! →
Roberta Green Ahmanson: "Why art is important for...
“The medieval church served the poor. They had alms houses all over Europe. But at the same time they were doing that they were building Chartes Cathedral. There was an understanding that that beauty, that grandeur, that extravagance of color, design, shape and space was something that human beings longed for and needed, even when they were sick and poor.
There’s a Catholic theologian...
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