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Indifferent and passionate, he gave himself rein and drew
back constantly, impelled by conflicting instincts, yielding to all, and then
obeying, in the end, his own shrewd man-about-town judgment, whose weather-vane
logic consisted in following the wind and drawing profit from circumstances
without taking the trouble to originate them.
Guy de Maupassant - Yvette (1884)
5 comments:
Perhaps he fell off his bike in Westminster by the statue of Oliver Cromwell and had a Damascene Conversion. Incidentally, there is an International Church of Jesus on Damascus Road in Maastricht.
Now let me see, both born into wealthy families, both well educated and with a talent for writing, good living and fine wine - and er the other thing. One died of the pox, the other will almost certainly die a lord if not an ex prime minister and probably not of the pox. Intriguing to see how the New Tory Party is shaping up
Demetrius - he seems to be an EU sceptic anyway, but I'm sure he'd suppress that if his political calculations required it.
Roger - I'm sure he'll avoid the pox but probably not the Lords one way or another.
Boris would appreciate that.
James - yes I think he would.
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