1. From an old issue of Punch magazine:
Who is in charge of the clattering train?
The axles creak, and the couplings strain,
And the pace is hot, and the points* are near,
And Sleep has deadened the driver’s ear;
And signals flash through the night in vain,
For Death is in charge of the clattering train.
*train track switches
2. From Churchill’s (y’all remember him, yes?) years in the Wilderness:
In response to Hitler’s Night of the Long Knives, Churchill told his constituents:
“It seems difficult to realize that a great and highly educated and scientific nation, with all its treasures of literature, learning, and music behind it, should present itself to the word in such an awful guise. We are in the presence of a tyranny maintained by press and broadcast propaganda and the ruthless murder of political opponents.”
3. What was it that Santayanna said about history repeating?
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1. From an old issue of Punch magazine:
Who is in charge of the clattering train?
The axles creak, and the couplings strain,
And the pace is hot, and the points* are near,
And Sleep has deadened the driver’s ear;
And signals flash through the night in vain,
For Death is in charge of the clattering train.
*train track switches
2. From Churchill’s (y’all remember him, yes?) years in the Wilderness:
In response to Hitler’s Night of the Long Knives, Churchill told his constituents:
“It seems difficult to realize that a great and highly educated and scientific nation, with all its treasures of literature, learning, and music behind it, should present itself to the word in such an awful guise. We are in the presence of a tyranny maintained by press and broadcast propaganda and the ruthless murder of political opponents.”
3. What was it that Santayanna said about history repeating?
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