December 3, 2008
"Some of the evil of my tale may have been inherent in our circumstances....As time went by our need to fight for the ideal increased to an unquestioning possession, riding with spur and rein over our doubts. Willy-nilly it became a faith. We had sold ourselves into its slavery, manacled ourselves together in its chain-gang, bowed ourselves to serve its holiness with all our good and ill content. The mentality of ordinary human slaves is terrible--they have lost the world--and we had surrendered, not body alone, but soul to the overmastering greed of victory. By our own act we were drained of morality, of volition, of responsibility, like dead leaves in the wind." - Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Posted by Vanderleun at December 3, 2008 1:11 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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It isn't fighting for an ideal. It is fighting for an ideal that will bring acclaim and glory to the fighter. The ideal of being a good parent, a loyal spouse, a good provider, a decent citizen, a pillar of the community - those ideals do not get trumpeted because they also require humility, and humility is the blood enemy of self-aggrandizement.
So many go forth neglecting the ideals that have humility at their base to join the ranks of the ideals that will give worldly glory. And so it has always been.
Posted by: Mikey NTH at December 3, 2008 3:43 PM
Are you sure this is Lawrence and not the MSM Obama campaigners?
Posted by: Cathy at December 3, 2008 5:05 PM