Today's leader in the Daily Telegraph
carried an apposite quote from the perceptive pen of RK. I doubt that they will
publish it as it is but a small leaf in an autumnal storm. I would like to share
my sentiments with the Society.
Sir
Your superb leader (Wed Sept 12)
accurately defined the impact of the events of Sept 11th. That you chose to
quote the first stanza from Kipling's poem (The Storm Cone - written in 1932)was
inspirational. I feel the second stanza is more prophetic:
Stand by! The lull 'twixt blast and
blast
Signals the storm is near, not
past;
And worst than present
jeopardy
May our forlorn to-morrow
be.
However, Kipling offers hope to us all in
his final two sentences of the poem:
But, till she fetches open
sea,
Let no man deem that he is
free!
Michael Jefferson