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THE DANTE CENTENARY

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Theatre Royal

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be lefflor all ages;

Book peace and ensu pasce through juntion- pot, so I have never dert Burely that is a timel for these days of stryka

publion celebration, in Hongkong of behalf, sdies and Gentlemen

egntury.

the sixth centenary of the death of take this opportunity to express our of anoth

irreverenco

Daito's:

the grant Tinlian Catholio epic thanks to wil. thure who have so sceptics of the 16th cent post, Dante Alighierif took place kindly undertaken the ariuosed to be shocked at at the Theatre Rasai last night items on our programme, But when a concert and lecture were stand-between you and Me de "We are not now shocked at this promoted by the Catholio.com Martin who is to address you Birroverence the lecturer said, munity. The happy thought of it better fitted than 1 to interpret "but we shudder at the _ proba: paying tribute to. Italy's greatest for you the meaning, the spirit, the tion he had to undergo. He was post was first inspired by an age of Dante. I now call upon granted no mercifully sudden vision Encyclical letter published by the Mr. de Martio, and in anticipation Pope on the 30th April last and addressed to all the Professors and pupils of the Catholic Institute throughout the world.

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of your wishes thank him for ed on the road to Damascus, bat “ bit- kindly preparing an address which terly, wearily he had to find his way am sure we bell hear with back, to the pure promise of his pleasure and recall with delight. youth. He had been ambitious to

Dante's Life.

shina in the political Kio of his city There was jage and din. tinguished audience amongst whom Mr. & P ̈ ́da Martin, who washe became an outlaw.” All his life. were H. E the Governor and Lady received with applause, during the he was super-sensitive and was Stubbs, the Vice Chancellor of the course of his lecture, which compelled for the greater part of it Hongkong University and Lady was listened to by the to live on what was little better than Brúnyate, Officers of the Army and large audience with rapt atter the alms of uncomprehending charity Naved my Consular repre- tion throughout, said that it not unmixed with contempt." sentatives.

The Divine Comedy. The lecturer dealt at length with the Comedy-an epic poom, but also

The theatre, particularly the would not, nt this time of day, be stage. had been most artistically easy for anyone to add to the fame decorated with evergreens and of Dante, but on the other hand the

In historical document of remarkable | flowers, red and white predomins. glory of the great Florentine wAL ting, and presented a most pleasing such that it could not be dimmed by importance. It was a series of vivid Appearance. Prominently displayed imperfect appreciation either of the pictures, but the work of one well- in the background was a painting full purport of what he had to say Lained an accurate record of the versed in theology, thought it con- to bumanity or of the beauty of the

of the famous poek."

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A very interesting musical medium in which he delivered in world's knowledge of the natural programme was submitted, the message,

setences in the age when it was items bejog exceptionally well

The lecturer dealt interestingly written.. It was a quarry for the rendered and all were received with with the chief events of Dante's life, lover, the poet or the student. Highs marked appreciation by the large the age in which he lived and the above all brooded the cold spirit of andience. The orchestra of the

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by Professor F. Gonzales, opened "idered that the level of culture on poch in the life of what, in the the proceedings with a splendid the shores of the Mediterranean, in opinion of the lecturer, was the most selection, followed by a song, the Italian cities and especially in interesting community that had ever Cielo e Mar, Op. La Gioconda Florence had, until recent year, oren existed. It was the very nucleus of (Pontbielli), by Mr. E. G. considerably underestimated.

the most beautiful European langu The D'Aquico, whose fine tenor voice dazzling glitter

of to-day "the Brst words of the Italian age was beard to great effect. A suite Renaissance had for too long blind-Italy had said.". And not only had for two pianos by Louis Aubert, ed men's eyes to the solid achieve. Dante garnered for us the gold of ** Minuet," " Berceuse " and ments of the Middle Ages. Of Italy and coined it into the language preted by Mian Elfrida Omund Dante's boyhawi, though much had which was to some degree current and Professor Danenberg, met been written, little was truly known, in the cultivated circles of all civilis. with deserved recognition, aller On reaching manhood he was enrolled countries, but it had been the which His Lordship Bishop Pazed in the Guild of Apothecaries: fountainhead of all that art zoni introduced Mr. G. P. de not that he was either a doctor or song which made Italy the foster- Martin, MB, B., who delivered a chemist, but the entry to public fatherland of every man or woman a. most interesting lecture on life was by way of the guilds apart artistic taste. He deeply influenced with any pretensions to literary or, OTHERS take your photos, but Dante. At the conclusion of the from membership of which no one by our 3 years experience we lecture the musical programme war had any civil status at all This not only the literature and poetry take yours in EXCELLENT continued, the "Nightmares" CONDITION and

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As rendered rhythmically visible,' first part of the programme, Frior in 1500, he made enemies who their ideals and their philosophy lie. His Lordship Biebop Pozzoni, in introducing the lecturer, said: took advantage of his absence on a open before us, their faith, their Tho Your. Excellency, Ladies And special mission to Rome to effect hi weaknesses, their grandeur.

architecture and poetry of the time Gentlemen: As Chairman of the verthrow and exile.

still hold their proud place. Its Danic found himself in strange Committee, I have to thank you! for helping to make our Dante company among the Italian exiles vainly thought to be relegated same year of the Dante sexcen- can muster up any literary en- sublime philosophical treatise, once into discordant groups. This time. This year few places which celebration a

by your There could not have been much presence here to-night. Having in sympathy between the poet and thi view the reason for this gathering swashbuckling Ghibelline

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to the

lords

the

fust heap is still tenary is the one hundredth since thusiasm at all have falled to resource of thousands of the death of Napoleon. Napoleon contribute their share in the re-

it is particuliarly gratifying to me among whom he found himself at students in all parts of the world, was "as great as anyone can be cognition of one who, though to note how truly this audience Arezzo; their only remaining strong. But if it had not been for Dante, the without virtue," but the world to primarily an Italian, is now re- representative of all sections of curi

intangible ethos of the time would day is too war-tired to praise a garded by us all 255, 4 a common very cosmopolitas community. We hold in Tuscany. His appeal to have been lost for over. Like some man who must for ever be iden- ornament of the human intellect. are peculiarly grateful to His the Emperor Henry VII to resture dedieval. Noai he has stored for un tified with military exploits. He The Pope has called upon Catho- Excellency the Governor, the head peace among the organised at the ideals and aspirations of a whole will, of course, never disappear lics throughout the world to take of that community, whose presence of the Italian communities furtier shows that, in addition to his daily offended the Florentines who, with civilisation at the culminating from history, but does it not seem part in these literary demonstra=" moment of its vigour, and himself as if his name has been relegated tions, Italy, naturally, has bean well being, be abares also in our terference, would not be likely to bas carried thein safely through and obliterated from the minds of from North to South, from East watchful. concern for our material their long hatred of Imperial indrift, upon the waters of neglect, to the pages of the world's records foremost in their promotion. But literary and artistic interests. I took kindly upon one of their own days when that civilisation and allmon where there are still niches to West, in the new world as well cannot express my thanks indicitizens who had appealed over their that it had achieved and all that for: humbler, folk? The great as in the old, and even in the vidually to each, section of the leads to their traditional enemy, it stood for seemed likely to be emperor from a very high moun- very old, the sexcentenary has community which is represented the emperor from the barbarous overwhelmed for ever by a deluge kingdoms of the earth and, the men of all creeds, and races."

tain looked down, down upon the been celebrated by men and wo--- here this evening, but I must especially thank those members lands on the other side of the Alps-of materialistic philosophy." glory of them. Dante Alighieri, In its small way this little. Mr. de Martin did not think it treading a lowlier path, looked up island community had contributed

Dante's Exile.

of the Consuler Body who enable us by their presence to produce. The lecturer proceeded briefly to altogether a fanciful idea that owing towards the kingdom of heaven its part in the chorus, and, though that international sympathy which refer to the years of Dauto's to the diversity of the appeal of Let us hope it is not too optim literary and artistic interests did bas been one of the most striking exile, the tale of which, he thought, Dante's poetry, no two persons lstle to read into the international not loom very large in Hongkong features in this year's, celebrations would never be completely told. It come away from reading it with unanimity of the sexcentenary life, the large audience in large communities.

was in the last years when he reached quite the same idea of what they celebrations a tendency to look up assembled in the theatre ahoy

An assembly such as this is the very zero of his worldly career have rond, No one at the present with the poot rather than down that they were not whol indeed congruous with the occasion, that his soul soared to the zenith day would venture to say that he with the emperor, to reject the ent to such things. for Dante is par excellence the of its achievement. When all that quite understood all that Dante in gospel of greed and force and try The proceedings: "Catholic" poet.. He belongs to!

offer him was Londed to convey, What. Dante to realise something of the soll- the singing of the all humanity just as his poetry has the world had to

a message for all time. He is the worthless he gave it in return trea-would have called the guidditas of darity of humanity."

them;

poet of Religion and of the sures of priceless value. It was in the Comody must remain a secret In his concluding remarks Mr. The Calibi time was covered with open wounds Destiny of man. With wonderful those years that, from the lowest to those who live in the these daya de Martin said he had not at- the Chairm

allegories be bae embodied in bis depths, he produced the Divine But there were one or two features tempted to go very far below the poem Catholic Philosophy and Comedy. Dante died on September that loomad so large, that they could surface of his subject; still loss the Club Lutte Divinity, as taught by his great 14, 1391, and was buried at Raveona: not escape the observation of anyone

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of "Man—the fallen man who is might be attributed partly to the fane aspect of the same thin punished in Hell, the repenting lingulatie fastidiousness of the Dante's strong sense of sinnet who is purified in Pur literati of the Italian Renaissance, darity of mankind. Coler Ratory, the Saint whose triumphant who in their new born zeal for the denged wisdom as in Heaven:

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