“I Am What I Say I Am” and Other Fictions

  . . . . Each mortal thing does one thing and the same: . . . myself it speaks and spells, Crying What I do is me: for that I came. —Gerard Manley Hopkins, “As Kingfishers Catch Fire, Dragonflies Draw Flame” _____________________________________________________________ One...
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All Souls

  When Saint Paul visited Athens and saw the abundance of statues of the gods they worshipped, he observed: “I see you Athenians are very religious.” If Paul were to visit the United States in the month of October, he would no doubt say, “I see you Americans are very...
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