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Sunday 29 December 2013

It is written

It is written of the very old that they shall pass, by virtue of their long travel, out of the country of the understanding of the young, till the natural affections are blurred by creeping mists such as steal across the moors when the sun is going down.

John Galsworthy - Fraternity (1909)

6 comments:

Demetrius said...

Agree entirely. It really is about time that the teenagers taught the Babyboomers some manners.

A K Haart said...

Demetrius - and how to use their gadgets.

James Higham said...

natural affections are blurred by creeping mists

Oh dear.

A K Haart said...

James - my thought too.

Anonymous said...

Would those "creeping mists" be scotch mists by any chance because they frequently blur my vision?

A K Haart said...

David - they blur everything for me.