Markings

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

A powerful journal of poems and non secular 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 once 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 creator’s efforts to live his creed, his belief that every one men are equally the children of God and that faith and love require of him a lifetime of selfless service to others. For Hammarskjöld, “the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.” Markings isn’t just an interesting glimpse of the mind of an excellent man, but also a moving spiritual classic that has left its mark on generations of readers.


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