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Self Reliance Revisited

I first came across American Transcendentalism (a subject on which I have already written) through the poetry of Walt Whitman (1819-1892) in Leaves of Grass. Parts of these moving verses were adopted by Ralph Vaughan Williams in the Sea Symphony. … Continue reading

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Learning Common Sense

The UK is about to go into compulsory lockdown. We have been in lockdown here in France for just one week and Italy for quite a bit longer. Still, some people are in denial and spout all kind of conspiracy … Continue reading

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