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| James Foley, truth-teller, wordsmith * * * * Beautiful, sensitive face photographed by Steven Senne/AP * Remembering Daniel Pearl and all those held by ISIS and others. * "We ask for your prayers for Jim and his family." GlobalPost Addendum: in his own words * * * The Committee to Protect Journalists estimates that there are about 20 journalists missing in Syria, many of them held by ISIS. -CNN |
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I died for beauty, but was scarce
Adjusted in the tomb,
When one who died for truth was lain
In an adjoining room.
He questioned softly why I failed?
"For beauty," I replied.
"And I for truth - the two are one;
We brethren are," he said.
And so, as kinsmen met a-night,
We talked between the rooms,
Until the moss had reached our lips,
And covered up our names.
--Emily Dickinson
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The third section of "In Memory of W. B. Yeats"
recurs to me so often now--sometimes daily.
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Journalist James Foley disappeared in northwest Syria on Thanksgiving Day, November 22 2012. Jim is the oldest of five children. He has reported independently and objectively from the Middle East for the past five years. Prior to his work as a journalist, Jim helped empower disadvantaged individuals as a teacher and mentor assisting them in improving their lives.
A beautiful, good, and true life is a light to us all.
