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woolybanana

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This made me wonder, reading the press today:

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

(GM Hopkins)

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Woooly

Very profound - I think.

Reminds me of the Eng Lit that I tried to understand but couldn't as there were too many innuendos.

Perhaps its because I have a PhD in a science subject and still question fundamentals and  think in terms of right or wrong, yet still work in the public sector!!

Could you explain what the quote means to you in plain English ( or as more of a challenge to me, as the OH is away, in French).

Mr R51

Thinking about it - perhaps just in English!

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[quote user="woolybanana"]

This made me wonder, reading the press today:

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

(GM Hopkins)

[/quote]

W B Yeats, actually.

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