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Hogwarts, Hogwarts,
Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,
Teach us something please,
Whether we be old and bald,
Or young with scabby knees,
Our heads could do with filling,
With some interesting stuff,
For now they're bare
And full of air,
Dead flies and bits of fluff.
So teach us stuff worth knowing,
Bring back what we forgot,
Just do your best
We'll do the rest,
And learn until our brains all rot!
1: The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
2: Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
3: There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
4: Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
5: Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
6: His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
7: The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
8: The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
9: The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
10: More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11: Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
12: Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
13: Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
14: Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
Comments on "Book Recommendation: George Weigel, "Cube and the Cathedral""
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Pauli said ... (January 27, 2006 8:59 PM)
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Merlin said ... (January 28, 2006 12:13 AM)
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post a commentGreat writer! Weigel is a semi-regular guest on Laura Ingraham's show and I heard him pitch this book one morning when it came out. Going on Amazon, there's a review mentioning Chesterton also.... Another reviewer mention Letters to a Young Catholic which I read and thoroughly enjoyed; he deals a lot with Western history and literature (Chesterton, Tolkien, Waugh, etc.) in that one and "the Catholic imagination" which inspired so many authors. Plus there's a great chapter on the scavi and how you can go down there and see where they found the remains of ole St. Peter's - I got chill bumps reading that. I thought "Man, I've been to Rome twice and still haven't made it down there!" Well, next time for sure....
Amazing coincidences, when I followed the link Pauli so helpfully inserted to the book listing on Amazon, Amazon had there little "buy this book with this other book" thing and the other book was How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization by Thomas E. Woods Jr.
In the common area I was working in today on fo my friend's coleagues named Paul Kengor had walked up to me and shown me that book and suggested it just today around the time I had written this post.