" 'The Aeneid' is a cautionary tale," he said. "It is one we need to read today. It speaks of the terrible price of victory in war, for Virgil knew that victory is finally impossible, that it always lies out of reach. He saw the unforeseen aftermath, the way war could all go wrong whether from poor planning or because of the gods on high. He knew the sheer accumulation of death, the destruction, the pain we inflict when we use force to create empire."Enough said.
THE SOUND OF THE SEA
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There is a pleasant autumn daoku / objective hokku by Gyōdai. Blyth
translates it thus: Indian summer;All day long the sound of the seaIs far
off. Oddly en...
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