Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - He kohinga o ōna whakaaro o te pukapuka, ka tīmata te pukapuka i te tau 1925, i a ia e 20 tau ana, ka mutu i tana matenga i te tau 1961. I kitea te tuhinga tuhi i runga i te papa moenga o tana whare New York i muri i te matenga o Hammarskjöld i Kongo. Ka rite ki te tuhituhi van Dusen: "Kua pau tona po whakamutunga i roto i te noho o Sture Linner (), upoko o te misioni o te United Nations ki te Congo
He aha? I waiho e ia i reira te kape o te Tiamana taketake o Ich und Du (I and Thou) i whakawhiwhia ki a ia e Martin Buber me nga whaarangi tuatahi o tana whakamaoritanga ki te reo Huitene...I te taha o te moenga ko te kape aroha o Thomas a Kempis' "The Imitation of Christ" i noho tonu i runga i te teepu o tana whare New York City i te taha o tana moenga i kitea ai te tuhinga a "Markings". "