tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post4435481374365799389..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Seeing the Light in our PrismhouseGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50319555480112766672016-09-20T20:12:50.206-07:002016-09-20T20:12:50.206-07:00"It is very, very different from mere intelle..."It is very, very different from mere intellectualism. Indeed, Churchill was not an intellectual, in the sense of being interested in abstract ideas. Likewise, he preferred short and common words, and plain meaning. But there is no doubt that these words stirred a civilization to defend itself from a barbarous darkness that nearly succeeded in extinguishing it. Some how he "spoke" on behalf of the very Light for which Western Civilization is the container."<br /><br />An odd association I've always had, and I can't put my finger on the structural similarities, but only on what each evokes when reading them, and even though in quantity of output there's no comparison, yet in quality, Churchill and Lincoln strike me as very similar. Somewhere the same bell thrums.<br /><br />"If this sounds like hero-worship, well, yes."<br /><br />Yep.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28097024547482199572016-09-20T10:45:44.460-07:002016-09-20T10:45:44.460-07:00Or rather, we can't see it, period - just that...Or rather, we can't see it, period - just that which it reveals.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23254306047876957232016-09-20T10:45:16.756-07:002016-09-20T10:45:16.756-07:00In this case, you have to be there for the Light t...<i>In this case, you have to be there for the Light to break through. You don't necessarily have to do anything in particular, and indeed, there is nothing you could do on your end to force it to happen.</i><br /><br />I'm minded again of how space, for all that it appears dark, is literally <i>filled</i> with light. It's just that we can't see it until it bounces off of something.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com