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Vergil: Father of the West Format:E-book is a priest of theBy Theodor Haecker Translated by Anthony Giambrone, O. P. Vergil, Father of the West may best be classified as a work transcending classification. As its translator Anthony Giambrone, O. P., remarks in his Introduction: Haecker has written a book about a poet and his poetry which is also a book about love and work, tragedy, piety, and providence. To the question, VergilFather of the West? Why Vergil?Haecker responds: It is a title cum fundamento in