tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174931926240040143.post5357270809350826130..comments2023-11-05T09:52:43.926+00:00Comments on Sonofabook: That feeling againcharleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16580118367334638930noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174931926240040143.post-9638786281262572702011-08-11T13:55:35.004+01:002011-08-11T13:55:35.004+01:00This, and the Guardian discussion, took me to G M ...This, and the Guardian discussion, took me to G M Hopkins's letter to Bridges (Aug. 2, 1871).'...it is a dreadful thing for the greatest and most necessary part of a very rich nation to live a hard life without dignity, knowledge, comforts, delight,or hopes in the midst of plenty ....they profess that they do not care what they wreck and burn, the old civilisation must be destroyed. This is dreadful look out but what has the old civilisation done for them? (Penguin Poets p171.)<br /><br />Tony LurcockTony Lurcocknoreply@blogger.com