A Remaining Christmas
HILAIRE BELLOC
1928
—Ink and Echoes— A Remaining Christmas Hilaire Belloc 1928 The world is changing very fast, and neither exactly for the better or the worse, but for division. Our civilization is splitting more and more into two camps, and what was common to the whole of it is becoming restricted to the Christian, and soon will […]
The Philosophy of Gratitude
G.K. CHESTERTON
1903
—Ink and Echoes— The Philosophy of Gratitude G.K. Chesterton 1903 I received a little while ago a letter, to which no name or address was attached, which touched me beyond expression. A great deal of it was too personal to treat of here, and for this reason especially I regret the concealment of its origin. But […]
Farmers
THEODOR HAECKER
1935
—Ink and Echoes— Farmers from Vergil: Father of the West Theodor Haecker 1935 Translated by Fr. Anthony Giambrone The following is excerpted from Fr. Giambrone’s English translation of Vergil: Father of the West, published by Cluny Media. Who in antiquity could have written the sentence: Labor vincet omnia, labor improbus? Work conquers all, work […]
On Mails
HILAIRE BELLOC
1906
—Ink and Echoes— On Mails Hilaire Belloc 1906 A “Mail” is a place set with trees in regular order so as to form alleys; sand and gravel are laid on the earth beneath the trees; masonry of great solidity, grey, and exquisitely worked, surrounds the whole except on one side, where strong stone pillars carry […]
Letters from Lake Como II
ROMANO GUARDINI
1924
—Ink and Echoes— Letters from Lake Como (II) Romano Guardini c. 1924 Translated by Fr. Anthony Giambrone My Dear Friend! The first impression remains. It grows ever deeper. The people are delighted by the progress. Admittedly, it brings them work and bread. Many, who otherwise would have to emigrate, stay in the country. Much […]
On the Agricultural Family
LOUIS DE BONALD
1826
—Ink and Echoes— On the Agricultural Family, the Industrial Family, and the Right of Primogeniture Louis de Bonald 1826 Translated by Dr. Christopher Blum —This translation originally appeared in Critics of the Enlightenment— When we see our liberal philosophers so exclusively preoccupied with commerce, industry, the progress of manufacturing, and the discoveries of the mechanical […]