Dear Jud and Richard,
Thomas Hardy's poetry is right next to Shakespeare for me. Auden and Fowles
adored him as a poet. I have to make an effort to read his novels now but in
high school I loved them. Surely, Richard, you have read some/all of his
poetry? Many of them are just like short, compact versions of his novels --
powerful, soul wrenching.
Gary
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Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: The Poison-Gas Saint and The Anti-Semite Saint
In a message dated 07/10/2004 01:43:14 GMT Standard Time,
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In article <c0.1827d6f8.2e95d6f8@xxxxxxx>, GEVANS613@xxxxxxx writes
>Perhaps a more appropriate comment would have been the post-WWI Christmas
>poem written by the humanist novelist Thomas Hardy:
>
>"Peace upon earth!" was said. We sing it,
>And pay a million priests to bring it.
>After two thousand years of mass
>We've got as far as poison gas.
Hardy has been underrated as a poet (I note that here, as usual, he is
described as a novelist rather than poet.) But chemical and biological
weapons have been used for centuries. It is a myth that they are a
recent invention.
--
Philip Baker
Jud
You are right Philip - right about Hardy's poetical talents [achievements]
and right about the biological weapons.
Apparently if was often the case that they would catapult diseased bodies
of
humans and/or animals over the wall in a siege situation.
It was a question of scale I suppose — otherwise — not much difference.
Regards,
Jud
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Thomas Hardy's poetry is right next to Shakespeare for me. Auden and Fowles
adored him as a poet. I have to make an effort to read his novels now but in
high school I loved them. Surely, Richard, you have read some/all of his
poetry? Many of them are just like short, compact versions of his novels --
powerful, soul wrenching.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: <GEVANS613@xxxxxxx>
To: <heidegger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: The Poison-Gas Saint and The Anti-Semite Saint
In a message dated 07/10/2004 01:43:14 GMT Standard Time,
phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
writes:
In article <c0.1827d6f8.2e95d6f8@xxxxxxx>, GEVANS613@xxxxxxx writes
>Perhaps a more appropriate comment would have been the post-WWI Christmas
>poem written by the humanist novelist Thomas Hardy:
>
>"Peace upon earth!" was said. We sing it,
>And pay a million priests to bring it.
>After two thousand years of mass
>We've got as far as poison gas.
Hardy has been underrated as a poet (I note that here, as usual, he is
described as a novelist rather than poet.) But chemical and biological
weapons have been used for centuries. It is a myth that they are a
recent invention.
--
Philip Baker
Jud
You are right Philip - right about Hardy's poetical talents [achievements]
and right about the biological weapons.
Apparently if was often the case that they would catapult diseased bodies
of
humans and/or animals over the wall in a siege situation.
It was a question of scale I suppose — otherwise — not much difference.
Regards,
Jud
Personal Website:
_http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/index.htm_
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