Comments on: What Is History? Part 12 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/06/02/what-is-history-part-12/ Your home for traditional conservatism. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: M. D. http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/06/02/what-is-history-part-12/comment-page-1/#comment-167495 M. D. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:03:56 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=605#comment-167495 "Every man should endeavor to understand the meaning of subjugation before it is too late... It means the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern schoolteachers; will learn from Northern school books their version of the war; will be impressed by the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors, and our maimed veterans as fit objects for derision... The conqueror's policy is to divide the conquered into factions and stir up animosity among them... It is said slavery is all we are fighting for, and if we give it up we give up all. Even if this were true, which we deny, slavery is not all our enemies are fighting for. It is merely the pretense to establish sectional superiority and a more centralized form of government, and to deprive us of our rights and liberties." - Patrick Cleburne "Every man should endeavor to understand the meaning of subjugation before it is too late... It means the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern schoolteachers; will learn from Northern school books their version of the war; will be impressed by the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors, and our maimed veterans as fit objects for derision... The conqueror's policy is to divide the conquered into factions and stir up animosity among them... It is said slavery is all we are fighting for, and if we give it up we give up all. Even if this were true, which we deny, slavery is not all our enemies are fighting for. It is merely the pretense to establish sectional superiority and a more centralized form of government, and to deprive us of our rights and liberties."

- Patrick Cleburne

]]> By: Ronduck http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/06/02/what-is-history-part-12/comment-page-1/#comment-163144 Ronduck Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:09:31 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=605#comment-163144 12Clyde Wilson <i>Brock H. amazon or on the net at faebooks.org/store. The publisher is very slack, so allow time.</i> The publisher should make the book available in PDF form, it certainly would make delivery quicker. 12Clyde Wilson

Brock H. amazon or on the net at faebooks.org/store.
The publisher is very slack, so allow time.

The publisher should make the book available in PDF form, it certainly would make delivery quicker.

]]> By: Clyde Wilson http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/06/02/what-is-history-part-12/comment-page-1/#comment-163029 Clyde Wilson Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:19:02 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=605#comment-163029 Brock H. amazon or on the net at faebooks.org/store. The publisher is very slack, so allow time. Brock H. amazon or on the net at faebooks.org/store.
The publisher is very slack, so allow time.

]]> By: Brock H. http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/06/02/what-is-history-part-12/comment-page-1/#comment-162889 Brock H. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:12:28 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=605#comment-162889 Dr. Wilson, How can I acquire a copy of FROM UNION TO EMPIRE? I have not been able to find it in any bookstore close to me, nor library. Dr. Wilson,

How can I acquire a copy of FROM UNION TO EMPIRE? I have not been able to find it in any bookstore close to me, nor library.

]]> By: PcH http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/06/02/what-is-history-part-12/comment-page-1/#comment-162679 PcH Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:31:24 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=605#comment-162679 #9: You will be very happy with both! #9: You will be very happy with both!

]]> By: Rublev's Dog http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/06/02/what-is-history-part-12/comment-page-1/#comment-162673 Rublev's Dog Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:25:31 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=605#comment-162673 #7. Much obliged, sir. UNION TO EMPIRE and DEFENDING DIXIE were in line for my bookshelf, anyway. They have moved to the front of the line. #7. Much obliged, sir. UNION TO EMPIRE and DEFENDING DIXIE were in line for my bookshelf, anyway. They have moved to the front of the line.

]]> By: PcH http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/06/02/what-is-history-part-12/comment-page-1/#comment-162670 PcH Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:21:10 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=605#comment-162670 <blockquote>The mediocre always hold the superior back even when they are on the same side. —Florence King</blockquote> It is always funny that when the mediocre mind is caught saying something ridiculous, he will naturally insult his superior with words such as "stupid" or "badly educated," and through emotional demands for <i>respect,</i> not realizing that inept insults like that just make him look even more ridiculous and unworthy of respect. So when his superior returns his ineptness with genuine kindness, he is confused. Watch:  Over time this cycle becomes so predictable, it is outright hilarious. You might be able to plot a course up to our most gifted individuals by following the trail of jealous insults. But at the top what would you find, but another flawed individual, or worse, a man who realizes that he has absolutely nowhere and no one to whom to give his God-given gifts. This is funny, too. Of course we all know who the only flawless man was and He gave His gift in a most difficult way. This man knew just how His life would end, yet so many of his parables address human shortcomings in great fun. How did this man laugh so much when the people He loved sought to kill Him? When the mediocre hold back their superior as they always do, is it a part of our rebellion against God?

The mediocre always hold the superior back even when they are on the same side. —Florence King

It is always funny that when the mediocre mind is caught saying something ridiculous, he will naturally insult his superior with words such as "stupid" or "badly educated," and through emotional demands for respect, not realizing that inept insults like that just make him look even more ridiculous and unworthy of respect. So when his superior returns his ineptness with genuine kindness, he is confused. Watch:  Over time this cycle becomes so predictable, it is outright hilarious.

You might be able to plot a course up to our most gifted individuals by following the trail of jealous insults. But at the top what would you find, but another flawed individual, or worse, a man who realizes that he has absolutely nowhere and no one to whom to give his God-given gifts. This is funny, too.

Of course we all know who the only flawless man was and He gave His gift in a most difficult way. This man knew just how His life would end, yet so many of his parables address human shortcomings in great fun. How did this man laugh so much when the people He loved sought to kill Him?

When the mediocre hold back their superior as they always do, is it a part of our rebellion against God?

]]> By: Clyde Wilson http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/06/02/what-is-history-part-12/comment-page-1/#comment-162582 Clyde Wilson Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:45:47 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=605#comment-162582 #6. Been there. Done that. "Faulkner's Declaration of Independence" in my book FROM UNION TO EMPIRE, originally published as "Ideology and Our Daily Bread" in CHRONICLES May 1983. "Citizen Faulkner," in CHRONICLES June 2005 also "Faulkner and Thomas Wolfe," CHRONICLES Dec. 1983; and "Cleanth Brooks on Faulkner" the latter two in my book DEFENDING DIXIE This is a pretty important question. See also Cleanth Brooks, FAULKNER AND YOKNAPATAWPHA and a couple of essays by Mel Bradford which are in GENERATIONS OF THE FAITHFUL HEART (I think), #6. Been there. Done that.
"Faulkner's Declaration of Independence" in my book FROM UNION TO EMPIRE, originally published as "Ideology and Our Daily Bread" in CHRONICLES May 1983.

"Citizen Faulkner," in CHRONICLES June 2005

also
"Faulkner and Thomas Wolfe," CHRONICLES Dec. 1983; and
"Cleanth Brooks on Faulkner"
the latter two in my book DEFENDING DIXIE

This is a pretty important question.
See also Cleanth Brooks, FAULKNER AND YOKNAPATAWPHA and a couple of essays by Mel Bradford which are in GENERATIONS OF THE FAITHFUL HEART (I think),

]]> By: Rublev's Dog http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/06/02/what-is-history-part-12/comment-page-1/#comment-162500 Rublev's Dog Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:34:54 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=605#comment-162500 Dr. Wilson -- I would love to see an article from you on Faulkner and his relationship to conservative ideas. He seems fairly misrepresented in academia. Dr. Wilson -- I would love to see an article from you on Faulkner and his relationship to conservative ideas. He seems fairly misrepresented in academia.

]]> By: Clyde Wilson http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/06/02/what-is-history-part-12/comment-page-1/#comment-162464 Clyde Wilson Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:13:19 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=605#comment-162464 #1 Brock. Faulkner did not live to see what we have become today, but in a speech to the Delta Farmer's Council in the early 50s, he very clearly saw and laid out the unfolding moral decay of our country. #1 Brock. Faulkner did not live to see what we have become today, but in a speech to the Delta Farmer's Council in the early 50s, he very clearly saw and laid out the unfolding moral decay of our country.

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