Dear Martin Setzke
Thank you for your help.I feel you are right; RK was no doubt quoting scripture, it falls into place. I wonder whether he was referring to Peter or to Isaiah (40: 6,7 and 8) ?
Thank you also for the website address.
Sincere good wishes
Michael Jefferson
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From: msetzke <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 10:07 PM
Subject: Fw: Arithmetic on the Frontier
"All flesh is grass" is a quote from the bible ( 1 Peter 1:24) and used as text for the choral in
Brahms "Ein Deutsches Requiem" (2nd movement).
Maybe Kipling thought of this piece, when he lets the bullet whistle it.
The complete text of the Requiem in german and english could be found at
http://www.sfbach.org/eindeutschesrequiem.html
With best wishes,
Martin Setzke, Erfurt
