July 27th, 2007
As we wind back into the swing of things, we’ll be focusing most likely on writing up reviews of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival productions we saw for bardolatry. (John’s review of As You Like it—and we did— is already up.)
For now, here’s a lovely little morsel that really takes me back—in this case, to the [...]
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale
Joan of Arc: A Life (Penguin Lives) by Mary Gordon
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There is a sense of insignificance which is trying and discouraging and leads to envy of the rich and great. It leads also to a certain selfishness even amid poverty and absolute want. The absence of the ideal of the self as potentially great and capable of great deeds keeps it small and self-centred….The greatness of the Church, coupled with a true sense of the dignity of the individual human soul, if looked at as a Christian should look at it, is the true antidote.
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