@Qal_Qohelet
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand
The structure of the mind (intellect-memory-will) is vestigia trinitatis, singular in its interrelatedness & pluriform in union. The concept of "Trinity" is not an incomprehensible mystery if you are capable of self-reflection.
Holderlin was Greek, Goethe was Roman
The German Romantics would like to have a word, sir.
There is no "West." There is no"Western civilization." There is only the Anglo-Saxon, singing his canon, in search of a New North Seas Empire -- Ipse Dixit
He was the unlikely hero, a self-professed mediocrity, that was a hard No to Wilsonian mania. He successfully unwound the war economy, put away vindictiveness (Debs was released), & was a congenial executive (the scandal was overblown). His was the self-effacement of a katechon.
Harding was individually pathetic, but as the last hurrah of the Ohio machine his story has some romance.
The three tragic-great presidents of the American Century: Richard Nixon, Herbert Hoover, Warren Gamaliel Harding
Men of horses, of flocks, of sea, of sky -- they have few roots & are better for it.
