Swan on the River Avon, Stratford - on Avon
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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ea... [read more] Blog: What a piece of work
Date: January 4th 2008
Shakespeare, Hamlet Act 2, scene 2.
After just under 6 months back in the UK, I'm setting off on my travels again.
In the last few months I've been ... read more
Date: January 4th 2008
What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god!
Comment on Swan on the River Avon, Stratford - on Avon
... my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are,--
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
(Alfred L... full info
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