The Archive · 1939

Fleeting Shadows

Errors, hardships, passing incompeehensions? Cardinal Gasparri was Similar to other men who live, think fand act. But his iraightforwardness, his hunan and Roman tine of conduct remain frm ax milestones: from the time in which he created in Parle the [Committee for Ialian Emigrants that when during the world conograe tion he formed the Commitee for Prisoners of War: from his. vetusal "take advantage of the great Wagedy. to favour such "temporal advantages which, might "have "been derived by" the. Holy. Sec: from the statement of Grey, which he made his own. regarding the looting. pers formed by 'France: and England a Versailos: from his ditident attitude regarding the' Popolar. Pavty and His tottist tendency. Falling and Meeting shadows? Also. it its tive that he preferred to" remain silent rather" than talk about crile ture: that he read very "ite and that he did not are' (®.rend things over again: that he considered art asin aster that he "even flowers: yet his unfailing' sense. of hiked. printed "paintings and paper

justice, his adamantine. style, simple And square; his conversation which always. went straight to the point these qualities remain ovetlastingly Jand will never perish because they too were human'

The Seuiptor's tard 'Thus appears Cardinal Gasparri the new book by Francesco Mari Tatiana though created with bold tind decisive' strokes" by 'a master sculptor. A variegated, attractive and true 10 lite ple tire, which thong arrated in apparently simple. range tage has each written word. weighed find. measured. A rich and vivid imagination, calling to. the mind of the reader the vision of herds, far and near. which under the vigilant eye of biblical shepherds migrate. "each autumn, sear in and year out, from the paesiied mountains to the' green pastures below: the cold snd Tusty Seminary' of Nevis the. Roman ite after the entrance of the "burzurrt Palatal residences in which move bishops and cardinals and where stan hetmitag 5 lent. adjoining orchards and gardens. "Ail this mist be read 10 be Fully understood. And inaction ep feeling of "humanity which the book, there Is a certain scute of Feservedness. which. could even Se caited shyness, which has, prevented the well-known "ego" of many authors and" in this particular. case. also of the relative, devoted and well beloved) from taking the upper hand.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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