The Beauty and Education Offered by Cemeteries
The Beauty and Education Offered by Cemeteries Commentary Since my adolescence I have loved churchyards and cemeteries. I still find entry to them as irresistibly tempting as to bookshops. Cemeteries are a spur to the imagination; they are an education in the tragic dimension of life and hence are a consolation. They instill gratitude and a sense of proportion. They are often beautiful; they are peaceful havens in even the busiest or most frantic of towns or cities. They are reserves of wildlife and, in spring and summer at least, they echo with birdsong. The French writer, André Gide, once ...
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