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Handout #9 |
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The Emperor Augustus |
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How fine it is to see, with the eyes of faith, Darius and Cyprus, Alexander, the Romans, Pompey and Herod working, without knowing it, for the glory of the Gospel! Pascal, Pensees 700 And the boots of Caesar marched for him, from the depths of Gaul to the banks of Memphis. Every man found his way to the feet of the divine Son. He had come like a thief in the night. He had come to inherit the Stoic school. He had come to inherit the heritage of Rome. He had come to inherit the hero's laurel wreath. He had come to inherit all human effort. He had come to inherit a world already made, and yet he had come to make it completely ... He had come to inherit a world already made, and yet he had come to make it young again. Charles Peguy, Eve. |
