"What then I saw is more than tongue can say.
Our human speech is dark before the vision.
The ravished memory swoons and falls away.
I saw within Its depth how it conceives
all things in a single volume bound by Love,
of which the universe is the scattered leaves."
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Dante Alighieri, died Sept 1321, in exile from his beloved Florence. Committed to social justice, a man of deep faith, a visionary and prophet, who judged the world and the church by the light of the gospel and the radiance of eternity.
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I suppose I could not look at Twitter, but thanks to you, "I saw within Its depth how it conceives all things in a single volume bound by Love, of which the universe is the scattered leaves," will be in my head the rest of the day. Maybe I should thank Dante, too.
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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