{"id":99,"date":"2010-06-17T00:52:34","date_gmt":"2010-06-17T00:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/requitedarchive.wordpress.com\/?p=99"},"modified":"2021-08-04T19:21:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T19:21:36","slug":"to-be-ourselves-toward-making-saintliness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/2010\/06\/17\/to-be-ourselves-toward-making-saintliness\/","title":{"rendered":"To Be Ourselves Toward Making Saintliness"},"content":{"rendered":"

It happens If<\/strong> very often that a man<\/em> But if we turn
\nfrom the they<\/em><\/strong> abstract question has it in him, that a man
\ndoes were<\/strong> something,<\/em> to the actual situation, we find
\n       not<\/strong><\/em>
\npigeons<\/strong><\/em> that the individual that he does it very often <\/em>
\non <\/strong>that he does<\/em> saint may be well or ill adapted, many things,
\nthe<\/strong> when he is a young man <\/em>according to particular circumstances.
\n     grass<\/strong><\/em>
\nThere alas<\/em><\/strong> is, when he is an old man, when he is an older man. <\/em>
\nin short, no what<\/em><\/strong> absoluteness in the excellence One of such
\nof these kind of were <\/strong>them<\/em> of sainthood. It must be confessed
\n                            they.<\/strong> <\/em>
\nthat as far had a little boy He <\/strong>and this one, the little son<\/em> as this world goes,
\nany one who makes wanted to had <\/strong>make a collection of butterflies<\/em>
\nan out-and-out saint of himself does heard<\/em><\/strong> so and beetles
\n                                                          of <\/strong><\/em>
\nand it was all exciting to him<\/em> at his peril. If a<\/strong><\/em> he is not a
\nlarge enough man, and it was all arranged then third <\/strong>
\nand then the father<\/em> he may appear more insignificant and
\n                                                                          he<\/strong><\/em>
\nand contemptible, said to the son you are certain asked<\/strong><\/em>
\nthis is not <\/em>for all his saintship, than if he had remained about<\/strong> a cruel thing <\/em>
\nthat you are wanting<\/em> a worldling. Accordingly religion if
\n                                                                          it <\/strong><\/em>
\nhas seldom to be doing, killing things to make was<\/strong> collections <\/em>
\nbeen so radically taken in our Western world a<\/strong> of them,
\nand the son was very disturbed<\/em> that the magpie<\/em><\/strong> devotee
\n                                                    in <\/em><\/strong>
\ncould not mix it with some then the<\/strong> and they talked about it <\/em>
\ntogether<\/em> worldly temper. It has sky<\/strong><\/em> always found good men
\nthe two of them and more If<\/strong> and more they talked <\/em>who could follow
\n                                      a <\/em><\/strong>
\nmost of its impulses, magpie<\/em><\/strong> but about it then and then at last <\/em>
\nthe boy<\/em> who on <\/em><\/strong>stopped short when it came to non-resistance.
\nwas the<\/strong> convinced it was a cruel thing.<\/em> We all know daft saints,
\nsky
\ncan<\/strong><\/em> and they inspire and he said he would not do it and his father
\nnot<\/strong><\/em> a queer kind of aversion. But in comparing said the little boy
\nwas cry<\/strong> a noble boy to give up <\/em>saints with strong men
\n             if<\/strong><\/em>
\nwe must a<\/em><\/strong> choose individuals pleasure when it was a cruel one. <\/em>
\nThe boy<\/em> on pigeon<\/em><\/strong> the same intellectual level. The under-witted
\nwent to bed then on<\/strong> and then the father when<\/em> strong man,
\n                              the<\/em> <\/strong>
\nhomologous in his sphere grass <\/em><\/strong>with he got up in the early morning <\/em>
\nsaw <\/em>the under-witted saint, is alas<\/em><\/strong> the bully of the slums,
\na wonderfully beautiful moth in the and<\/strong> room<\/em> the hooligan
\n                                                       the<\/strong><\/em>
\nor rowdy. Surely on this level also and he magpie<\/strong> caught him <\/em>
\nand he killed him and he pinned<\/em> the saint in<\/strong><\/em> preserves
\na certain superiority. him and he woke up his the<\/strong> son
\n                                                            sky <\/strong><\/em>
\nthen and showed<\/em> How is success to be absolutely on<\/strong> <\/em>measured
\nwhen it and showed it to him and he said to him the<\/strong> <\/em>
\nsee what <\/em>there are so many environments sky
\n                                                       and <\/em><\/strong>
\nand so many ways of a good father to<\/strong> I am to have caught <\/em>
\nand <\/em> looking at the adaptation? It try<\/em><\/strong> cannot be measured
\nkilled this one, the boy was all and<\/strong> mixed up<\/em> absolutely;
\n                                    to<\/em> <\/strong>
\nthe verdict will vary try<\/em><\/strong> according to the point of inside <\/em>
\nhim and then he alas<\/strong> said he would go on with <\/em>view adopted.
\nFrom the on<\/em><\/strong> biological point of view his collecting
\n              the<\/strong><\/em>
\nand grass <\/strong>that was all there was then of <\/em>Saint Paul was a failure,
\nand <\/strong><\/em>because he was beheaded. discussing
\nalas<\/strong>. and <\/em>Yet he was magnificently adapted
\n        They<\/em><\/strong>
\nto the might<\/em> <\/strong>larger environment this is a little<\/em> of history;
\nand so far be<\/em><\/strong> as any saint’s example is a leaven of something <\/em>
\nof righteousness very <\/strong><\/em>in the world, and draws it
\n                            well <\/em><\/strong>
\nin the direction that very <\/strong>happened once <\/em>of more prevalent
\nhabits of saintliness, he is well.<\/em><\/strong> a success, and it is very interesting. <\/em>
\nno matter what his immediate They<\/strong><\/em> bad fortune may be.<\/p>\n

Note: The italicized phrases are from Gertrude Stein\u2019s The Making of Americans<\/em>, the unitalicized words are from William James\u2019 The Varieties of Religious Experience<\/em>, and the bold case letters are from Gertrude Stein\u2019s libretto from Four Saints in Three Acts. <\/em>
\n



Daniel Godston<\/strong> teaches and lives in Chicago. His writings have appeared in Chase Park, After Hours, Versal, Drunken Boat, 580 Split, Kyoto Journal, Eratica, The Smoking Poet, Horse Less Review, Apparatus Magazine,<\/em> and other print publications and online journals. His poem \u201cMask to Skin to Blood to Heart to Bone and Back\u201d was nominated by the editors of 580 Split <\/em>for the Pushcart Prize. He also composes and performs music, and he works with the Borderbend Arts Collective to organize the annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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