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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Pope Benedict XV
Born: November 21, 1854
Died: January 22, 1922 (aged 67)
Bio: Pope Benedict XV, born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, was Pope from 3 September 1914 until his death in 1922. His pontificate was largely overshadowed by World War I and its political, social and humanitarian consequences in Europe.
Pope Benedict XV Quotes