tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post2713243687361435329..comments2024-03-19T08:14:09.776+01:00Comments on The Ugley Vicar: On finishing Barzun's 'From Dawn to Decadence'Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-76666726034910968872011-06-09T22:49:33.293+01:002011-06-09T22:49:33.293+01:00I would disagree with your assessment of the poem....I would disagree with your assessment of the poem. To cherish and feel ones self to be cherished is our refuge from this world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-10261222493473463942009-08-24T23:42:02.160+01:002009-08-24T23:42:02.160+01:00I agree with your general assessment of his work a...I agree with your general assessment of his work and wish it could somehow be made required reading for every High School(ambitious!) and/or College student.<br />the two most striking observatrions I took from his..opus? were;<br />1. The continuing multi-century battle between reason and faith and,<br />2. The rise of the "Machine age" and its implications for our fundamental structuring of society and culture (in its broadest sense).<br />Truly one of the greatest treatises on modern society of our time, in my estimation.futuresmkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04066325784335796095noreply@blogger.com