Camera Work: A Photographic Quarterly (1914 (Heft 47))

THE SPIRIT OF 291

0 mortals quaking,.hear!
What Fear entrapping leads ye all astray ?
’Tis, when solely guarded by an Hymnal,.
Falteringly, must take—!

Excessive watching rends the tensed Bow— ?
Nay ! The marksman, sure,-
Looks, leaps and triumphs;
Followed e’er by a vision
Indomitable-
To the swaying spar of misconcept-!
Hail all,— who in strength to conquer
Conquers solely th’ aim of Divine Poise—!
For in conquering thus,.
’Tis with a hand outstretched
T’universal helping,.helping most
The sanctioned—Best in All—!
Velida

ZU 291

Zum Ersten: Ich finde in “291” den Geist der stets bejaht.
Zum Zweiten: Ich finde dort die moralische Negation des unmoralischen
amerikanischen Geldsucht.
Zum Dritten : Ich finde dort nicht den armen Reichtum, doch die reiche
Armut.
Max Merz
Direktor der Elizabeth Duncan Schule
TO 291
Firstly: I find in “291” the spirit of affirmation.
Secondly: I find there the moral negative of the immoral American Goldhunt.
Thirdly: I do not find there the poverty of Riches, but the riches of Poverty.

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