Lost Lectures of the Fruits of Experience
Maurice Baring, Lost Lectures of the Fruits of Experience.
Peter Davies Ltd, London: 1932. Chapter 12: Music.
But the most remarkable musical experiences of my life happened...
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
It may be remembered that Miss Dunham noted how Gilbert used to make a mysterious sign in the air as he lit his cigar....
Canadians in arms pt 3
Camouflage
S. M. George Massey, C.M.S.C.
from B.M.A. “Blitz,” Vol. 1, No. 3
Brockville, ON: July 1942.
They tell us tales of camouflage,
The art of hiding things;
Of painted...
Easy Essays
Easy Essays
Sheed and Ward, 1936
Looking at property, Fr. Henry Carr, Superior of the Basilians, says:
Socialists and Communists battle against the unequal conditions of the poor.
Presumably they...
The Path to Rome
From the preface to The Path to Rome, 1902
I said, “I will start from the place where I served in arms for my sins;...
Canadians in arms
Address (in part) given by Brigadier G. P. Vanier, D.S.O., M.C. at graduation class exercises, O.T.C., Brockville.
First comes faith. Faith in God and in His...
Summa, Question 168: mirth.
Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologica Question 168, Article 4.
Whether there is a sin in lack of mirth?
I answer that, In human affairs whatever is against reason is a...
In each child
In each child
I haven’t the strength to hold
For yet one moment more
An acrid haze of molten air
Shrouds the burning shore
Entire town engulfed in flame
This...
The Vicar of Christ
FROM: THOMAS WILLIAM M. MARSHALL, “The Vicar of Christ”
Protestant Journalism, No. XLVIII
London: Burns and Oates, 1874
And when they cannot entice men openly to rebel against...
My beads
Born either in 1834 in Limerick, Ireland or Norfolk, Virginia, Fr. Ryan was described by a contemporary as having “an open, manly character.” He...