The Promise of Dawn
THE PROMISE OF DAWN ROCCO JARMAN THE PROMISE OF DAWN sometimesa new dawn has already arrivedmodestly and unheraldedwhile we were still sleeping,while we were still warming our unmade beds, the uncovered gravesof who we were just yesterday. it arrivedquietly, even as the first motionsof birdsong were passed, to the undiscerning ears of the worldentrained to […]
89. On Hoping for the Best and Preparing for the Worst
On Hoping for the Best and Preparing for the Worst XXIV. On Despising Death 1. You write me that you are anxious about the result of a lawsuit, with which an angry opponent is threatening you; and you expect me to advise you to picture to yourself a happier issue, and to rest in the allurements […]
17. On Hope and Fear
On Hope and Fear Epistle V. On the Philosopher’s Mean 1. I commend you and rejoice in the fact that you are persistent in your studies, and that, putting all else aside, you make it each day your endeavour to become a better man. I do not merely exhort you to keep at it; I actually […]
