by Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)
The Supreme Power
Language: English
Paris, December 10, 1948. I would have been delighted to see in the preamble a paragraph alluding to the Supreme Power. I knew very well, however, there were many men around the table who would violently be opposed to naming God, and I did not want it put to a [roll call] because I thought for those of us who are Christians it would be rather difficult to have God defeated in a vote.
Text Authorship:
- by Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962), written 1948, copyright status unknown [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Stacy Garrop (b. 1969), "The Supreme Power" [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from In Eleanor’s Words, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
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