Here are the quotations for the this week (October 26th to November 1st):
1. ..."Only Fear shall follow thee, and with a blow that thou canst not
see he shall bid thee wait his pleasure. He shall make the ground to open
under thy feet, and the creeper to twist about thy neck, and the
tree-trunks to grow together about thee higher than thou canst leap, and
at the last he shall take thy hide to wrap his cubs when they are cold.
Thou hast shown him no mercy, and none will he show thee"...
2. ...Do you know what Fear is ? Not ordinary fear of insult, injury or
death, but abject quivering dread of something that you cannot see - fear
that dries the inside of the mouth and half of the throat - fear that
makes you sweat in the palms of the hands and gulp in order to keep the
uvula at work. This is a fine Fear - a great cowardice, and must be felt
to be appreciated...
3. "...I pulled my Waler, and fell back a little. The ‘rickshaw was
directly in the middle of the road: and once more the Arab passed through
it, my horse following. "Jack, Jack dear, please forgive me," rang like a
wail in my ears, and, after an interval: "It’s all a mistake, a hideous
mistake..."
The sources of this week’s extracts (Oct 19th to 25th) are as follows:
1. 'Well, there we lay - engines stopped, rollin' to the swell, This is
from "The Bonds of Discipline" in Traffics and Discoveries
2. The sea … drummed tackily to gather my attention, This This is from
"Their Lawful Occasions" in Traffics and Discoveries.
3. Very far to the west an elongated blur of red, low down, shows us the
North Banks Mark Boat. This is from "With the Night Mail" in Actions and
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In the NRG we have just published motes by John McGivering on “The Debt”
from Limits and Renewals
Good wishes to all, John R
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