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THE ARMY OF TRUTH Words? Those sounds the world despises. Words in poems? Even more to be disdained! Ah, how feeble are your powers to defend all the truth that man denies! Thunder crack and lightning flash at its presence! Hosts of angels should come swooping down from heaven to the rescue far and wide [...] FINAL SOLILOQUY OF THE INTERIOR PARAMOUR Light the first light of evening, as in a room In which we rest and, for small reason, think The world imagined is the ultimate good. This is, therefore, the intensest rendezvous. It is in that thought that we collect ourselves, Out of all the indifferences, into one thing: [...]
Fausto Coppi Let us pray: O Coppi, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name The Giro done, thy Tour be won On Sestrière as it was in ’49 and ’52. Give us this day our steel Bianchi And forgive us our carbon fiber As we forgive those who cause us [...] Why does it always seem that Levi Leipheimer never goes on the attack in the high mountains? He’s got what it takes physically, as he’s generally able to respond to any attacks, but it doesn’t seem like he ever initiates an attack … at least not in Europe. I wonder if its a confidence thing [...] I find it hard not to think that there is some sort of all encompassing power tying us all together. Just from a molecular standpoint, an atom that was once part of me could now be part of you, and there is an energy that ties all atoms together (or pushes them apart). Now whether [...] Kind of wish I had received this before posting recent reactionary blog posts … but will be something to keep in mind going forward. THE POWER OF AN AUTUMN LEAF In working with the setting sun or confused world, the attitude of the warrior is like an autumn leaf floating down a river. It doesn’t [...] People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power. — William Jefferson Clinton (b. 1946), 42nd President of the United States of America. To be modern is to find ourselves in an environment that promises us adventure, power, joy, growth, transformation of ourselves and the world–and at the same time that threatens to destroy everything we have, everything we know, everything we are. — Marshall Berman, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air, p. 15. To be [...] |
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