- William Blake, "The Voice of the Ancient Bard"Youth of delight! come hither
And see the opening morn,
Image of Truth new-born.
Doubt is fled, and clouds of reason,
Dark disputes and artful teazing.
Folly is an endless maze;
Tangled roots perplex her ways;
How many have fallen there!
They stumble all night over bones of the dead;
And feel—they know not what but care;
And wish to lead others, when they should be led.
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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again?
Archilochus
Monday, December 22, 2014
Ptolemaic Sciences
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"And wish to lead others, when they should be led."
Ah yes! Those would be the fools who rush in where angels fear to tread, I suppose.
Certainly the hallmark of modern "liberalism," which I would prefer to call "Interventionism."
Their "activists" apparently never meet with their "thinktivists".
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