So, again.. as I read "Death Be Not Proud" by John Gunther, 1949, we ALL read "Death Be Not Proud" by John Gunther, 1949.

I appreciate your patience.. and

"Thank you for your attention to this matter."

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"Death Be Not Proud, [Walter Duranty, in the New York Herald Tribune Weekly Book Review] concludes, is “a triumphant picture of human heroism in which the hero is truly heroic. To read it is to grasp the meaning of man’s power to defy Death’s hurt, to be filled with confidence and emptied of despair.”

Excerpt From
Death Be Not Proud
John J. Gunther, 1949

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"All the wonderful things in life are so simple that one is not aware of their wonder until they are beyond touch. Never have I felt the wonder and beauty and joy of life so keenly as now in my grief that Johnny is not here to enjoy them.” ~ Frances Gunther

Excerpt From
Death Be Not Proud
John J. Gunther, 1949

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A Word from Frances [Fineman-John Gunther Jr.'s mother]

"Death always brings one suddenly face to face with life. Nothing, not even the birth of one’s child, brings one so close to life as his death."

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"What is life? It departs covertly. Like a thief Death took him.”

Excerpt From
Death Be Not Proud
John J. Gunther, 1947

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Almighty God
forgive me for my agnosticism;
For I shall try to keep it gentle, not cynical,
nor a bad influence.

And O!
if thou art truly in the heavens,
accept my gratitude
for all Thy gifts
and I shall try
to fight the good fight. Amen.

The story behind the prayer is this. He called it an “Unbeliever’s Prayer.”

Excerpt From
Death Be Not Proud
John J. Gunther, 1947

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“Like most sensitive youngsters, Johnny took a good deal of time to cross the shadowy frontier between childhood and boyhood; one could never be quite sure how adult his reactions were going to be. Once he said to a kind lady who was attempting to interest him in religion, 'Of all the times that I am not interested in Christianity, this is the time I am least interested.'”

Excerpt From
Death Be Not Proud
John J. Gunther, 1947

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“Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so:
For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death; not yet canst thou kill me.
From Rest and Sleep, which but thy picture be,
Much pleasure, then from thee much more must flow;
And soonest our best men with thee do go—
Rest of their bones and souls’ delivery!
Thou’rt slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,

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Breakfast

All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.

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