[PW] ? Recessional by Rudyard Kipling

[Kathleen Stipek]

Years ago I read an appreciation of Kipling written by an academic from
India who liked Kipling, and he talked about that 'lesser breeds without
the law' which he inferred was a criticism of Kaiserism, but I can't
remember the title of the book or the author.  Perhaps the Collective
Wisdom can find something.

Kathleen Stipek
Alachua County Library District
401 East University Avenue
Gainesville, Florida 32601
352-334-3931  (fax) 352-334-3948
 
     --Non, merci.
       Cyrano de Bergerac
 

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[mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of
Greg Ioannou
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 11:54 AM
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Subject: Re: [PW] ? Recessional by Rudyard Kipling

On 5/10/07, Mary Barna <mbarna at albright.org> wrote:
>
> Help a staff member's son graduate.  She is about to slay him.  He 
> needs enough information to do a 5 minute speech.  He needs 3 
> citations.  What I am asking for is a website that has an 
> interpretation or analysis of the poem.  She and her son have searched

> high and low for this information.  They found the poem but no 
> analysis.  Please help save a life (the graduation party is already
paid for).  Please ASAP.


Ummm -- that isn't a simple request! I'm curious to see what the
analysis of this bit will be, for example:

If, drunk with sight of power, we loose
   Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe-- Such boasting as the
Gentiles use
   Or lesser breeds without the law--

Greg
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