Note 109 — ROMAIN HOLLAND (continued 2)
Catherine Dase Groth translation
In this "Gospel," however, are words of great moral force and beauty. Exert no vengeance. "That which is passed is passed. The past cannot be called back; it is part of eternity and man has no recourse against it. Do not try to exert reprisals as punishment for past injustice and offence! Let the dead past bury its dead. Act in the living present, heart within and God o'erhead."
The cold purity of the glaciers blows through the book, from one end to the other.