As Alan Seeger perceived the landscape before him, everything was of a piece. "I hope you see the thing as I.
Life was to be played out as it presented itself, justice was to be sought, and, in 1914, war was inevitable.
He joined the French Foreign Legion.
All of it, good and bad, dark and light could only be seen and acted upon in the frame of a universe that was beautiful in its design and ultimately compassionate.
Strife and tenderness had equal standing.
Right and wrong were not ambiguous.
As Alan Seeger perceived the landscape before him, everything was of a piece