First Things RSS Feed - André Ryerson https://www.firstthings.com/author/andr-ryerson en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:56:33 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/andr-ryerson 60 Cosmos https://www.firstthings.com/article/1997/08/001-cosmos https://www.firstthings.com/article/1997/08/001-cosmos Fri, 01 Aug 1997 00:00:00 -0400 Before I die I’d like
to understand this world.
(I grow ambitious as I read my words.) While mind remains I want
to trace the moral circuit
that lights the star-laced universe, that golden thread
with a core of steel
drawn taut through time
to the far frontier of mortal reach, seeking the infinite
of our finite thought,
the polar star that some
call God.

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