Monday, March 22, 2010

A Book Review: On a Theme of FCP and a Riff of Rot

Written four years ago, but not devoid of foresight.

" If Wolfe’s description of Dupont [University] accurately portrays the character of our elite universities, then the dissolution of the American way of life is nearly complete. Our ancient faith is no longer a vibrant and effective part of the education of future leaders. Our ability to perpetuate our culture and our constitutional soul will wither alongside our belief in the soul itself. As Lincoln understood, once it loses its ancient faith, the Republic cannot long endure"

5 comments:

Mr roT said...

Totally. The commies took over the universities. Now we have a Manchurian in the White House.
It was only a matter of time before we became French, and now Putin's back.

Tecumseh said...

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
`My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away".

Mr roT said...

Yeah, Tecs. You talk Bysshey, but you're just another pinko Romneyite.

Tecumseh said...

If you say so. As long as you invite me to Switzerland, I'll concede any point you want.

Arelcao Akleos said...

Unfortunately for Vietnam that's what Kissinger said to Le Duc Tho