I’m more of a gentleman than a scholar….

“A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.” -Brander Matthews

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Home

Peace and rest at length have come,
All the day’s long toil is past;
And each heart is whispering,
‘Home, Home at last!’
–Thomas Hood
It’s good to be home. :)

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A Fiercer Delight and Discontent

“For our Titanic purposes of faith and revolution, what we need is not the cold acceptance of the world as a compromise, but some way in which we can heartily hate and heartily love it. We do not want joy and anger to neutralize each other and produce a surly contentment; we want a fiercer [...]

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Not-Quite-Commonplaces

A few of the more questionable gleanings of wisdom from NSA….
“Some of you may be raw carrots when you sing alone.” – Dr. Erb
“Some said he was divine, performed miracles, and had a golden thigh. I’m not sure what the significance of that was.” – Dr. Stokes
“When you look at men who are truly copious, [...]

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What Wonderful Profundity

“What wonderful profundity there is in your utterances! The surface meaning lies open before us and charms beginners, Yet the depth is amazing, my God, the depth is amazing. To concentrate on it is to experience awe – the awe of adoration before its transcendence and the trembling of love.” – Augustine, Confessions (pg. 254)

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Blessings Upon Your Head

“If I had only a single temporal blessing to wish you, I would not hesitate a moment: May you be spared long enough to know at least one long evening of old friends, dark bread, good wine, and strong cheese. If even exile is so full, what must our fullness be?”
~ Robert Farrar Capon, The [...]

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Laudate Nomen Domini

Laudate nomen domini, vos servi domini;
ab ortu solis usque ad occasum ejus.
Decreta Dei justa sunt et cor exhilarant;
laudate Deus principes et omnes populi.
- Dr. Christopher Tye (ca. 1505-1571)
We’re learning this song in choir – it’s absolutley beautiful when all four parts are singing their seperate but intertwining melodies. Well, most of the time. ;) Today [...]

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The Greatest Adventure of All

“Yes, it’s quite as I expected. Wendy possesses a woman’s chin. Had you not noticed?
There, hidden in the right hand corner, is that a kiss?”
“A kiss!”
“Like mother’s kiss!”
“But what is it for?”
“It is for the greatest adventure of all. They [...]

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