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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My girlfriend was suffering a migraine the other night, and I pulled this out to read to her; Kipling is unmatched at his command of the rhythms, sounds, and patterns of the English language. You absolutely have to read Kipling in the context of his times, but if you can manage to do that, an absolutely amazing progressive and universal light shines through his themes and his words (&quot;nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays, and <em>every single one of them is right</em>&quot;) . You might also need Wikipedia at hand -- I am nowhere near as up on the British Colonial period of India's history as I'd like to be -- but again, worth it.<br/><br/>This concordance doesn't contain all of my favorites, but Project Gutenberg has all of Kipling's work; if I had to pick a favorite, I'd have to pick &quot;Recessional&quot;, which is just as applicable today as it was when Kipling wrote it. (&quot;Far-called, our navies melt away /  On dune and headland sinks the fire / Lo, all our pomp of yesterday /  Is one with Nineveh and Tyre! / Judge of the Nations, spare us yet / Lest we forget - lest we forget!&quot;)<br/><br/><br/>]]></body>
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