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by M. Gigi Durham
okay, sorry to be a bit of a jerk, but misuse of the word apropos is bad enough, but the fact that you misspelled it too...
just write like a normal person. ]]>
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Lanny Budd is such an interesting character because he is both
a) someone we all try to be: open-minded, a lover of artistic beauty over thuggish utilitarianism, and a man who is sociable to everyone--not allowing political opinions to ruin friendships.
and
b) a bon-ton mugwump
Maybe 7 or 8 times in the series thus far, Upton Sinclair has used a quote from a poem by Arthur Hugh Clough called From Spectator ab Extra to illustrate the theme of being open-minded during both World Wars. I end this review with the poem.
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As I sat at the Cafe I said to myself,
They may talk as they please about what they call pelf,
They may sneer as they like about eating and drinking,
But help it I cannot, I cannot help thinking
How pleasant it is to have money, heigh-ho!
How pleasant it is to have money.
I sit at my table en grand seigneur,
And when I have done, throw a crust to the poor;
Not only the pleasure itself of good living,
But also the pleasure of now and then giving:
So pleasant it is to have money, heigh-ho!
So pleasant it is to have money.
They may talk as they please about what they call pelf,
And how one ought never to think of one's self,
How pleasures of thought surpass eating and drinking, -
My pleasure of thought is the pleasure of thinking
How pleasant it is to have money, heigh-ho!
How pleasant it is to have money.
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(Oprah comes to mind.) ]]>
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