tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post3984978806370047108..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: The danger of words ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-70095159543649829882007-03-30T16:24:00.000-04:002007-03-30T16:24:00.000-04:00T.S. Eliot:"Because one has only learnt to get the...T.S. Eliot:"Because one has only learnt to get the better of words<BR/>For the thing one no longer has to say, or the way in which<BR/>One is no longer disposed to say it. And so each venture<BR/>Is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate,<BR/>With shabby equipment always deteriorating<BR/>In the general mess of imprecision of feeling,<BR/>Undisciplined squads of emotion."<BR/><BR/>This was quoted to Walker Percy by his life long friend Shelby Foote.<BR/>Foote continues:It's[the quote] profoundly true. Without the excitment this communicates, writing is not worth a grown man's time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com