Note 128 — TRUE GREATNESS.
Reading edition
La Divina Commedia, Paradiso, canti i., xxii.
“The glory of him who gives life and motion to all things, penetrates the universe, and shines forth with more splendor in one part, and with less in another.
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“O glorious stars! O light impregnate with powerful virtues! to which I am indebted for all my genius, such as it is.”
The above rendering is taken from the admirable prose translation of the Rev. E. O’Donnell.