‘Well, what of it?’
‘It wouldn’t be our fault, would it, with a crazy fellow like that?’
But he was very anxious, for he was still too cold headed himself to give in to this mass hysteria. Also his pride as a leader was hurt as he saw the mob slipping out of his control and doing wild things far [...]
‘It wouldn’t be our fault, would it, with a crazy fellow like that?’
But he was very anxious, for he was still too cold headed himself to give in to this mass hysteria. Also his pride as a leader was hurt as he saw the mob slipping out of his control and doing wild things far beyond the cold execution of the People’s Will that he had planned. He tried in vain to restore order, saying that they must not put their enemies in the right by committing acts of senseless destruction.
-Zola, Germinal. Part 5, chapter 3. p.309 in Penguin paperback (1975) translated by Leonard Tancock (1954).
- ‘Well, what of it?’ 26 July 2009 | Notes >
- Thus, my dear and civilised reader, 15 February 2009 | Notes >
- The Penny 3 January 2009 | Notes >
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Efficiency! Organisation! Mutation! Salvation!
How do you know what you want? How do you know when you’ve got it? Where does abstract desire meet with concrete life-processes? Jonathan Lister has some strange Ideas: I thought I’d try them out…
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‘Well, what of it?’
‘It wouldn’t be our fault, would it, with a crazy fellow like that?’
But he was very anxious, for he was still too cold headed himself to give in to this mass hysteria. Also his pride as a leader was hurt as he saw the mob slipping out of his control and doing wild things far [...] -
New Scaffolding Platform Internal Extension!
Just had this platform inserted into my live/work space. Pretty jolly, huh? Great chap called Marcus sold me the tubes, and as we delivered them together I realised it was going to be a pretty tough job erecting the structure. He agreed to help and it was done inside an hour. Neat. And less dangerous [...]
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- peaky peking ant and duck, yo? //
- for the twit record, I'm recording @jayfresh's facetime riposte to my 'progressive mtrfkr' jibe: 'Yes: cripplingly progressive' //
- @gathouse (&@michelmishka): the 'why' is, as ever, more difficult. //
- @gathouse (&@michelmishka): http://bit.ly/d8rI4O //
- @michelmishka: So it would seem. My personal brand will sneer at me yet... You seem to have ++flow, and all Nu-tung etc, gosh odd! Lovely. //
- @gathouse: suggest you tool up in appropriate fashion and end the scene in a cloud of innards. http://bit.ly/aKo9SA //
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