Mrs. Glegg paused, for speaking with much energy for the good of others is naturally exhausting. (George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss)
On last night's Dallas Reunion: The Return to Southfork, a clip was shown of Jock Ewing telling J.R. he should learn how to be subtle. J.R. didn't see the need. Jock explained that lack of subtlety "turns competitors into enemies, and enemies into fanatics". For some reason, I was reminded of our newly-elected President swaggering around the world like a bull in a china shop.
posted by Arthur Mervyn @ 7:10 PM
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It was a time, according to a noticeable article in the Pioneer,
when the crying needs of the country might well counteract a reluctance to
public action on the part of men whose minds had from long experience acquired
breadth as well as concentration, decision of judgement as well as tolerance,
dispassionateness as well as energy - in fact, all those qualities which in the
melancholy experience of mankind have been the least disposed to share lodgings.
(George Eliot, Middlemarch)
Humbly inspired by George Eliot's The Impressions of Theophrastus Such - I am not worthy, I am not worthy ...
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