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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...task of every historical epoch is perhaps very close to Hegel's picture: the formation of The Perennial Philosophy in terms which can give the people of that time the electric sense of life which is contained in functioning religious inspiration or an integrated culture...
...task of every historical epoch is perhaps very close to Hegel's picture: the formation of The Perennial Philosophy in terms which can give the people of that time the electric sense of life which is contained in functioning religious inspiration or an integrated culture...
...English-speaking peoples have yet to produce an enduring giant among composers. Edward William Elgar came close, though not very. Perhaps the best that can be said for him is that he admirably expressed his era. A discerning friend once wrote him: "You have translated Master Rudyard Kipling into music." For long, palmy decades, the world heard Elgar's brassy paddles chunking from Rangoon to Mandalay to Aldershot. When the trooper was on the tide, my boys, or when Tommy Atkins returned from defending dominion over palm and pine, or simply when the poor little street-bred people clustered...
...purple so long worn by the British, the United States today has also inherited its concomitant-resentment, envy, and the readiness of others to take offense at the drop of a hat. It's time for Washington to do some soul searching." (This, if put more charitably, comes close to a general U.S. reaction-the ruefully philosophical recognition that the U.S. is now a big power and therefore must expect to be kicked around as a matter of course...
Author Marquand's mellow, witty writing sticks as close to the characters' speech as a tonsil, as close to their skins as a T shirt. He really loves them all, with good reason. Their camaraderie is real and appealing, as is their occasional touch of middle-aged resignation (sometimes known as wisdom). Marquand suggests that the country club is an oasis of sanity shut away "from a few of the more unpleasant realities that surround us." With its parking spaces achoke, its locker rooms asweat, its bars awash, and a loyal barkeep resolutely giving the little woman...