Actually, the full quote is "Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them."
There's the classic Shakespearean definition of tragedy, the fall of the great man, sometimes a tragic hero :
"So oft it chances in particular men
That, for some vicious mole of nature in them,
As in their birth,- wherein they are not guilty,
Since nature cannot choose his origin,-
By the o'ergrowth of some complexion,
Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason,
Or by some habit that too much o'erleavens
The form of plausive manners, that these men
Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect,
Being nature's livery, or fortune's star,
Their virtues else- be they as pure as grace,
As infinite as man may undergo-
Shall in the general censure take corruption
From that particular fault. The dram of e'il
Doth all the noble substance often dout
To his own scandal."
Then there's the Biblical - exalted Hebrew poetry translated into Majestic English.
"How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!"
And in the world of realpolitik
this one has an axe to grind
with little facts
dressed in hostile prose
and the object is Zelensky
berated here in Forbidden News
In Zelensky's case, pray, what could "that particular fault" be?
"Let he that is without sin throw the first stone !"
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19EKRNB5t9/
--
Listserv moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin
To post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
To subscribe to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Current archives at http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue
Early archives at http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USA Africa Dialogue Series" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/usaafricadialogue/16ab6215-01ee-4c50-8035-7d6743b3727cn%40googlegroups.com.
No comments:
Post a Comment