[lit-ideas] Re: No Country For Old Men
- From: Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:38:10 -0700
Lawrence says, of Mike Geary
"He does not value patriotism, heroism, Western Civilization, or
Nationhood."
Frederic Henry is reported to have said
'I did not say anything. I was always embarrassed by the words sacred,
glorious, and sacrifice and the expression in vain. We had heard them,
sometimes standing in the rain almost out of earshot, so that only the
shouted words came through, and had read them, on proclamations that
were slapped up by billposters over other proclamations, now for a long
time, and I had seen nothing sacred, and the things that were glorious
had no glory and the sacrifices were like the stockyards at Chicago if
nothing was done with the meat except to bury it. There were many words
that you could not stand to hear and finally only the names of places
had dignity. Certain numbers were the same way and certain dates and
these with the names of the places were all you could say and have them
mean anything.'
Of course, he said this during WW I, before he had all of our advantages.
Robert Paul,
wandering in philosophy, where talk is cheap.
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