MARKINGS(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　Universally known and admired as a peacemaker, Dag
Hammarskj?ld concealed a remarkable intense inner life which he
recorded over several decades in this journal of poems and
spiritual meditations, left to be published after his death. A
dramatic account of spiritual struggle, Markings has inspired
hundreds of thousands of readers since it was first published in
1964.

　　Markings is distinctive, as W.H. Auden remarks in his
foreword, as a record of “the attempt by a professional man of
action to unite in one life the via activa and the via
contemplativa.” It reflects its author’s efforts to live his creed,
his belief that all men are equally the children of God and that
faith and love require of him a life of selfless service to others.
For Hammarskj?ld, “the road to holiness necessarily passes through
the world of action.” Markings is not only a fascinating glimpse of
the mind of a great man, but also a moving spiritual classic that
has left its mark on generations of readers.

　　Dag Hammarskjold was born in Sweden in 1905 and died in
Northern Rhodesia in a plane crash in 1961, while flying there to
negotiate a cease-fire between United Nations and Katanga forces.
Elected Secretary-General of the United Nations in 1953, serving
until his death, he was known throughout the world as a peacemaker.
He had studied law and economics, but was also widely read in
philosophy and literature. His internal struggles remained a
private matter between him and God until after his death, when this
book of meditations was published, making him posthumously one of
the twentieth century’s most noted spiritual pilgrims.

　　”Perhaps the greatest testament of personal devotion published
in this century.”—The New York Times

　　”The conviction when one has finished [Markings is] that one
has had the privilege of being in contact with a great, good, and
lovable man.”—W. H. Auden