Kipling, Evelyn Waugh wrote toward the end of his life, “believed civilization to be something laboriously achieved which was only precariously defended. He wanted to see the defenses fully manned and he hated the liberals because he thought them gullible and feeble, believing in the easy perfectibility of man and ready to abandon the work of centuries for sentimental qualms.” [emphasis mine]
The quote above is just a tiny part of this excellent essay/review.
Use the link below and read the whole thing.
Kipling still works. He worked in the 1890's. He works now. And he will work when we are all gone.
Read the essay.
Read his poems, especially the ones referenced in this excellent piece.
God save us from contemporary libs.
http://www.newcriterion.com/archives/26/04/rudyard-kipling-unburdened/
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