Markings

By Dag Hammarskjold
Preface by Jimmy Carter
Translated by W. H. Auden and L. Fitzgerald Sjoberg

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About Markings

“Perhaps the greatest testament of personal devotion published in this century.” — The New York Times 

A powerful journal of poems and spiritual meditations recorded over several decades by a universally known and admired peacemaker. A dramatic account of spiritual struggle, Markings has inspired hundreds of thousands of readers since it was first published in 1964.

Markings is distinctive, as W.H. Auden remarks in his foreword, as a record of “the attempt by a professional man of action to unite in one life the via activa and the via contemplativa.” It reflects its author’s efforts to live his creed, his belief that all men are equally the children of God and that faith and love require of him a life of selfless service to others. For Hammarskjöld, “the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.” Markings is not only a fascinating glimpse of the mind of a great man, but also a moving spiritual classic that has left its mark on generations of readers.

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“Perhaps the greatest testament of personal devotion published in this century.”—The New York Times

 

“The conviction when one has finished [Markings is] that one has had the privilege of being in contact with a great, good, and lovable man.”—W. H. Auden

About Dag Hammarskjold

Dag Hammarskjold was born in Jonkoping, Sweden, in 1905, and died near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, on September 18, 1961, in an air crash while flying there to negotiate a cease-fire between United Nations and Katanga forces.The son of the Swedish… More about Dag Hammarskjold

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Published by Vintage
Oct 10, 2006 | 256 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307277428

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