Tag Archives: tactics
“Combat”
“Combat” I will not cease from Mental Fight Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand Till we have built Jerusalem In England’s green and pleasant Land. I’ve been in a number of fights in my life – to keep … Continue reading
Posted in Academe, Action, Alienation, Art, Chivalry, Class, Cool, Desire, dialectic, Ethics, Evil, Faith, Femininity, Friendship, Guilt and Innocence, Institutional Power, Legal Responsibility, life and death struggle, Literature, Philosophy, Poetry, Political, Power, Psychology, relationships, Roles, Social Conventions, Spirituality, Suffering, The Examined Life, The Problematic of Woman, Theism, Time, War, Work
Tagged "And did those feet in ancient time", academic life, allies, battle, battlefield, bystanders, career success, combat, fight, filial piety, Fred Roe, identity, integrity, Jerusalem, Joan of Arc, justice, kibitzing, litigation, luck, meaningful life, mental fight, opportunism, prudence, selling out, strategy, tactics, tenure, the intolerable, trial, unacceptable, William Blake, winning and losing
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“Gettysburg”
“Gettysburg” Last week included Jerry’s birthday and he determined that the most desirable present would be an overnight visit and guided tour of the Gettysburg battlefield. Naturally I would have gone along with whatever Jerry wanted to do on his … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Culture, History, life and death struggle, Masculinity, nineteenth-century, Political, Psychology, relationships, Sociobiology, The Problematic of Men, War
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American History, battlefield, bayonettes, casualities, chess, choreography, Civil War, courage, fate and providence, fortitude, George G. Meade, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, glory, historic tours, historical memory, honesty, honor, Joshua Chamberlain, Little Round Top, manliness, martial arts, military cemetery, military history, Monument of the State of North Carolina, nobility, passion, Pickett's Charge, prudence, public monuments, Robert E. Lee, slaughter, soldiers, strategy, tactics, tragedy, Union and Confederate, United States, vainglory, valor, violence, war games, war memorials
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