Word: adding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...depends on the discrimination of the compiler and his sense of what selections should be juxtaposed. The modern fad of the amusingly incongruous is exemplified by such mixtures as the "Weekend Book" where selections are grouped in compartments such as Great Poems, Hate Poems, State Poems, and so on ad absurdum. In the "Winter Miscellany" however Humbert Wolfe restrains himself to selections on the subject of winter and the result is a consistently pleasing volume whose charm lies in its maintenance of the wintry mood...
...Ad Hierarchiam (To the Hierarchy): "We address you our fellow-laborers, Cardinals of the Most Holy Roman Church, Patriarchs, Archbishops, Bishops, prelates and priests of the various orders of the hierarchy, chief objects of our daily solicitude as well as sharers and helpers in our labors. We beg and exhort each one of you to persevere in the vocation in which he was called, and that you walk worthily in the vocation in which you were called: feed the flock of God which is among you, being made an example for the flock in your souls, so that when...
...Ad Religiosos (To the Religious-i. e., monks, nuns): "We now speak to you, sons and daughters of our love, who, eager for the nobler graces, by the pledge of your holiest vows and by a lifelong religious discipline, faithfully obey, not merely the commandments, but also the desires and the counsels of your Divine King and Spouse. You fill God's Church with the fragrance of your chastity, you glorify her by your contemplations, you support her by your prayers, you enrich her with your learning and knowledge, you beautify and perfect her from...
...Ad Missionarios (To Missionaries): "Now our words go out to you, our dearest sons and daughters in Christ, who in mission fields are laboring in prayer to propagate the Holy Faith of Christ and to spread His kingdom. As the first Apostles of the Churches, so you too 'by dangers, by great patience, by necessities, by tribulations,' are made an example...
...Ad Fidcles Universes (To All the Faithful) : "Our heart is opened to you all. . . . Like the first believers, men and women, whom the Apostle for that reason praises, you are God's people and the sheep of His fold. You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy family...