tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3811228767705174709.post5468664537466055043..comments2023-06-19T03:55:20.088-04:00Comments on Boston Unitarian: Joy, temperance, and repose...slthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780928540224945711noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3811228767705174709.post-4198373617451569092010-03-01T06:36:03.568-04:002010-03-01T06:36:03.568-04:00Hi Dan,
Thank you kindly for writing. The quot...Hi Dan,<br /> Thank you kindly for writing. The quote indeed comes from Longfellow's translation of various "Poetic Aphorisms" from the "Sinngedichte" by Friedrich von Logau. <br /> Here is another one:<br />"CREEDS.<br />Lutheran, Popish, Calvinistic, all these creeds and doctrines three<br /><br />Extant are; but still the doubt is, where Christianity may be"<br /><br /> Hope all goes well with you and<br />Blessingsslthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780928540224945711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3811228767705174709.post-33867888834527481542010-03-01T02:00:37.512-04:002010-03-01T02:00:37.512-04:00Do you have a citation for the Longfellow quote? A...Do you have a citation for the Longfellow quote? A search of his works at Project Gutenberg does not turn up this quote, or anything remotely like it; was it in a letter, in ephmera, or what? I've seen other sources cited for this same couplet, including Friedrich von Logau (1604-1655), so I'm wondering if Longfellow actually did write this couplet.Dan Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03250484049882575283noreply@blogger.com