PrintMarch 29, 2008
The Fine Italian Nose
Arise Sons and Daughters of Italy! We are mocked, insulted, and challenged to respond.We have much of which to be proud. We are of a people who have been disproportionately in the vanguard of Western Civilization. There is scarcely an artist, musician, politician, lawyer, or architect who can walk a day in his or her profession without hearing the footsteps of an Italian who has preceded them. But let us be candid. There is one thing above all others of which we are proud. We, quite simply, as a people, have the most noble and esthetically pleasing noses ever to grace the human face.The Italian Nose, like the Basilica of St. Peters in Rome, transcends mere utility. The Basilica is not just a place for people to pray. It is a place for people to pray within a beauty that suggests God. The Italian Nose is more than the foyer of the human respiratory system; it is a biological structure designed by God to give beauty and elegance to all who breathe through it.We Italians have been...(Read Full Article)
