"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

29 July 2011

Living.

Trust no future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead past bury its dead!
Act, - act in the living Present!
Heart within and God o'erhead.


- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Arturo Tosconini conducts the final chorus from Beethoven;s Ninth Symphony, Ode To Joy ...



Background on Schiller's "Ode To Joy" is here.

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