Thursday, March 02, 2006
Quote of the day
From Churchill, on the occasion of Chamberlain's death:
In one phase men seem to have been right, in another they seem to have been wrong. Then again, a few years later, when the perspective of time has lengthened, all stands in a different setting. There is a new proportion. There is another scale of values. History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days.
Even better than Holmes's "[T]ime has upset many fighting faiths."
In one phase men seem to have been right, in another they seem to have been wrong. Then again, a few years later, when the perspective of time has lengthened, all stands in a different setting. There is a new proportion. There is another scale of values. History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days.
Even better than Holmes's "[T]ime has upset many fighting faiths."
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on the subject of high profile deaths,have you been able to sneak a peek at the no-doubt rancid corpse of you-know-who ?what's the verdict,sir ?
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: March 14, 2006
: March 14, 2006
Don't be so macabre. Anyway, I'm in Appeals, which is very pristine - we never deal with actual people. A newspaper today just reported that he died of natural causes, but the newspaper was French, so I don't know what credence to give it :-)
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