tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post3801149228403298327..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: A light dies downA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-51929406796575166492014-08-07T11:24:34.056+01:002014-08-07T11:24:34.056+01:00James - yes he did and oddly enough was very popul...James - yes he did and oddly enough was very popular as a result.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-12850284308678062402014-08-06T19:43:10.139+01:002014-08-06T19:43:10.139+01:00Chesterton had his allegiances too, his treasured ...Chesterton had his allegiances too, his treasured notions none could challenge, his core beliefs of right and wrong. Yet he also had a sceptic's eye, a genial observer's eye unclouded by fashionable enthusiasms.<br /><br />And he knew a truth when he saw one.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-82986603496726768472014-08-05T18:55:05.151+01:002014-08-05T18:55:05.151+01:00Sam - thanks.
WY - Conrad puts it well but I coul...Sam - thanks.<br /><br />WY - Conrad puts it well but I could never get on with him, never even finished one of his novels.<br /><br />Roger - I've been thinking about the age of some of these guys when they began to write with a touch of despair.<br /><br />It's as if they peak too soon and know they'll never improve.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-80427182648744886852014-08-05T15:51:42.889+01:002014-08-05T15:51:42.889+01:00What an old misery, he was only 36 in 1910 - what...What an old misery, he was only 36 in 1910 - what had gone wrong with his life? Life is such fun, so many things to see and think about, something interesting around every corner. Certainly there are foolish idealisms to leave behind but it seems a shame to lose hope that mankind will not always do the wrong thing.<br /><br />As for the meeja-politico nexus that is a bit bothersome, the blighters think they are good at it but their shallowness shines through like a mortuary lantern.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-57898266651825022962014-08-05T15:50:42.906+01:002014-08-05T15:50:42.906+01:00Conrad, I think, put it much better:
" I rem...Conrad, I think, put it much better:<br /><br />" I remember my youth and the feeling that<br />will never come back any more--the feeling that I could last for ever,<br />outlast the sea, the earth, and all men; the deceitful feeling that<br />lures us on to joys, to perils, to love, to vain effort--to death; the<br />triumphant conviction of strength, the heat of life in the handful of<br />dust, the glow in the heart that with every year grows dim, grows cold,<br />grows small, and expires--and expires, too soon--before life itself."Weekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-65052250930993397212014-08-05T14:11:42.479+01:002014-08-05T14:11:42.479+01:00"Perhaps for most of us, the light dies down ..."Perhaps for most of us, the light dies down too early."<br /><br />Agreed, but round here there are a few glimmerings by which we can read. Many thanks for an excellent post.Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.com