[lit-ideas] Re: Eliot
- From: Robert Paul <robert.paul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2005 13:55:42 -0700
> Graduation cards hereabouts and quotation sites agree that T.S. Eliot said,
> "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one
> can go." I'm no Eliot expert. I'd like to know what the context for this
> statement was. The web hasn't been helpful. Wikipedia is the most
> straightforward site, saying that the words are only "attributed" to Eliot.
>
> David Ritchie
> Portland, Oregon
TThe words are from a commencement addresss that Eliot gave at Mutton,
in 1943. It is included in his little-known 'A Poet in Sheep Country'
(Ramshead and Ewing: 1945), which also contains 'Letters from Basque
Country,' a rare, journalistic account of his travels through
southeastern Oregon on his way to Nova Scotia.
Robert Paul
Office of Public Affairs
Mutton College
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