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To a God Unknown is a novel by John Steinbeck, first published in 1933. [1] The book was Steinbeck's second novel (after Cup of Gold).Steinbeck found To a God Unknown extremely difficult to write; taking him roughly five years to complete, the novel proved more time-consuming than either East of Eden or The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck's longest novels.
[1] Paul begins his address by emphasizing the need to know God, rather than worshiping the unknown: "As I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship — and this is what I am going to proclaim to you."
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Kathrine Kressmann Taylor or Kressmann Taylor (1903 in Portland, Oregon – 14 July 1996) was an American writer, known mostly for her Address Unknown (1938), a short story written as a series of letters between a Jewish art dealer, living in San Francisco, and his business partner, who had returned to Germany in 1932.
The book counsels the young student to seek God, not through knowledge and intellect (faculty of the human mind), but through intense contemplation, motivated by love, and stripped of all thought. [ note 2 ] Experience of a "cloud of unknowing" is introduced Chapter 3:
Pond is a collection of 20 short stories written by Claire-Louise Bennett, originally published by The Stinging Fly Press in Ireland on 10 May 2015 (ISBN 0-3995-7590-1). [1] [2] The stories are written from the perspective of an unnamed woman who lives a solitary existence on the outskirts of a small coastal village.
There is also a clipping of a letter by John Greenleaf Whittier to Theodore Bourne, 7 Jan. 1885. In the margin, there is a notation in the hand of Theodore Bourne, listing some books and writings that Rev. George Bourne authored and his work as an editor Included with the clippings is part of a letter by Theodore Bourne to an unknown person.