C S Lewis wrote: "We must picture hell as a state where everyone is perpetually concerned about his own dignity and advancement and where everyone has a grievance."
Sounds like any large organisation, IOW, a bureaucracy.
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When Things Go Bad (Saramago, The Live Of Things, 2012)
Jose Saramago. The Lives of Things (2012) Saramago is a Nobel P:riz winner. I have mixed feelings about the Nobel Prize for Literature. By...
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John Cunningham. The Tin Star (Collier’s, December 4, 1947) The short story adapted for High Noon . As often happens, the movie retains v... -
I heard the phrase recently. Can’t recall exactly when. It was uttered on a radio program, but I can’t recall what the program was about. Pr...
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Today we remember those whom we sent into war on our behalf, and who gave everything they had. They gave their lives. I want to think a...
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