Compare the saint who, asked what he would do if he had only an hour to live, replied that he would go on with his game of chess, since it was as much worship as anything else he had ever done.


These Are Not Psalms, p. 124 - Kipling, Auden & Co: Essays and Reviews 1935-1964 (1980)


Compare the saint who, asked what he would do if he had only an hour to live, replied that he would go on with his game of chess, since it was as...

Compare the saint who, asked what he would do if he had only an hour to live, replied that he would go on with his game of chess, since it was as...

Compare the saint who, asked what he would do if he had only an hour to live, replied that he would go on with his game of chess, since it was as...

Compare the saint who, asked what he would do if he had only an hour to live, replied that he would go on with his game of chess, since it was as...