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karl marx: romanticism of the angry moralist
The many faces of Karl Marx. We know of the revolutionary, the prophet, the historian and the philosopher. But he had one another: the romantic idealist exhorting man to triumph over the things he manufactures… Karl Marx…But ultimately of course, … Continue reading
thoreau: ways with the wild
…Thoreau’s way with wildlife continually astonished his visitors. Mrs. Edwin Bigelow once said of him: Henry would tell all to sit absolutely quiet and close together- then he would go forward cautiously, sprinkle crumbs before them and then retreating, seat … Continue reading
thoreau: the ice men
…He became fascinated with the phenomena of the pond. In the spring of 1846, before the ice broke up, he surveyed carefully the size and depth of the pond. He cut holes in the ice and charted his findings with … Continue reading
thoreau: meanwhile back at the pond
…Meanwhile, Thoreau had not forgotten that one of his purposes in coming to Walden was to write another book, the account of his voyage on the Concord and Merrimack. Work on this, too, had progressed so rapidly that just a … Continue reading
thoreau: free time for first draft
…A good part of Thoreau’s new-found free time he was able to devote to writing. The first work he completed at the pond was an extended essay on Thomas Carlyle. As early as 1842 he had begun making notes on … Continue reading
thoreau: letting his garden grow
Finding a wilderness at Walden and time to develop a sturdy individualist’s philosophy… …But most mornings he devoted to his garden. His bean rows added up to more than seven miles in length and required constant weeding. What is worse, … Continue reading
battle never done
John Lukacs once made the rather pessimistic observation that had Hitler succeeded in subduing England and conquering the Island, the English would have acted with the same dynamic of complicity and collaboration with the victors that the French had exhibited. … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Britain, Edmund Burke, Franz von Papen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, John Lukacs, Lord Halifax, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Pat Buchanan, Peter Fleming, robert brasillach, Thomas Carlyle, Will Hay actor, Winston Churchill
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joan : weigh the small advance, there is still a chance
The Monarchist movement, the romantic movement, the spiritualist movement, the liberation movement, the communist movement; Joan of Arc has passed through all of them wit the ease and aplomb that one would expect of a light stepping, free-floating saint. From … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Alexander McQueen, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, Bernard Williams philosopher, Charles de Gaulle, Colette Beaune, David Hume, Fra Girolamo Savonarola, Jean Anouilh The Lark, Jean Le Pen Front National, Joan of Arc, Jordi Savall, Lord Acton, Louis Touchagues, Luc Besson director, Lukas Jevcak, Madame Pickwick, Marie Le Pen Front National, Mila Jovovich, Nadia Margolis, Robert Gildea, Savonarola, Solve Sundsbo, Thomas Carlyle, Vichy France, Voltaire Maid of Orleans
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thomas and jane: those absorbing tragicomedies
Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh Carlyle…. It was a disastrous marriage- that is, at least, the conclusion we draw from the Carlyle’s letters. James Anthony Froude, a close friend and the authorof a four volume biography that appeared between 1882 … Continue reading
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Tagged Geraldine Jewsbury, Harriet Martineau, James Anthony Froude, Jane and Thomas Carlyle marriage, Jane Baillie Carlyle, Jane Welsh Carlyle, Leigh Hunt, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Robert Tait, Rosemary Ashton, Samuel Laurence, Thomas Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle Sartor Resartus
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