Here are the quotations for next week (April 7th to 13th)
1. .They have no law. They are outcaste. They have no speech of their own
but use the stolen words which they overhear when they listen, and peep, and
wait up above in the branches. Their way is not our way. They are without
leaders. They have no remembrance. They boast and chatter and pretend that
they are a great people about to do great affairs in the jungle, but the
falling of a nut turns their mind to laughter and all is forgotten.
2. .In a raucous voice he cried aloud little matters, like the hope of
Honour and the dream of Glory, that boys do not discuss even with their most
intimate equals; cheerfully assuming that, till he spoke, they had never
considered these possibilities. He pointed them to shining goals, with
finger which smudged out all radiance on all horizons. He profaned the most
secret places of their souls with outcries and gesticulations. He bade them
consider the deeds of their ancestors in such fashion that they were flushed
to their tingling ears.
3. .he stamped his foot.
'Tell them' he cried, 'that if a hair of any one of their heads is touched
by any official on any account whatever, all England shall ring with it.
Good God ! What callous oppression ! The dark places of the earth are full
of cruelty.' He wiped his face, and throwing out his arms cried: 'Tell them,
oh ! tell the poor serfs not to be afraid of me. Tell them I come to redress
their wrongs - not, heaven knows, to add to their burden. '
The long-drawn gurgle of the practised public speaker pleased them much.
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The sources of this week's quotations (March 31st to April 6th) were as
follows:
1. (.inch by inch, the untempered heat crept into the heart of the Jungle..)
This is from 'How Fear Came' in 'The Second Jungle Book'.
2. (.Then came the Rains with a roar, and the rukh was blotted out in fetch
after fetch of warm mist...) This is from 'In the Rukh' in 'Many
Inventions'.
3. (...(he) could see the tops of the trees lying all speckled and furry
under the moonlight for miles and miles...) This is from 'Toomai of the
Elephants' in 'The Jungle Book'.
Good wishes to all, John R
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