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...Holy Grotto. When his English triumph wore thin, Joaquin headed back for the U.S., where, after another unsuccessful marriage, he bought 70 acres on a crag high above Oakland, Calif. Here he established "The Rights," part hermitage, part harem, and part reforestation bureau...
...here?"), a rainmaking machine on the roof for poetic inspiration, and a funeral pyre intended for Joaquin's eventual use. The place ran on Joaquin's Law: no whisky before noon. On neighboring slopes, he planted some 75,000 trees. In 1892, in the Holy Grotto, as Joaquin called his writing room, he penned his best known poem, Columbus ("Sail on! Sail on! And on!") and got $50 for it. Later, when the poem had become a schoolroom staple, a W.C.T.U. member quizzed Joaquin on his inspiration. "Whisky, ma'am," said Joaquin...
...unusual: a simple cylinder of brick or stone that belongs to no century and looks somewhat like an oil storage tank. Since there are no windows, Architect Saarinen has set it on arches in a moat to get a dappled light effect something like Capri's Blue Grotto. The altar is near the wall, dramatically spotlighted from a small bell tower in the ceiling. Outside, to tie the whole project together, Architect Saarinen has designed a majestic plaza set with a mosaic of colored stones, possibly pink, grey and blue triangles...
...Lourdes, Godard grimaced in pain as hospital attendants carried him on a stretcher to the healing spring in the grotto. They lowered him into the water. A few moments later, Godard stood up, unassisted. "I'm cured!" he cried. "It's a miracle!" "You should be very thankful," said the attendant priest, Abbé Jeanson, "but are you really cured?" To prove his point, the exuberant pilgrim hopped & skipped around the priest...
Late Tuesday evening, in token of their unity, more than 2,000 delegates and clerical visitors marched slowly, four abreast, bearing candles to the grotto of the Blessed Virgin on the campus. There they chanted the rosary and the litanies of the church to bring the conference to a prayerful end. Said Father Larraona, pleased, "I return to the Vatican with a warm sense of gratitude. I will have many fine things to tell the Holy Father...