by Didact | Jun 10, 2016 | Kipling, Uncategorized
One of Kipling’s best poems, this one- referenced, rather fittingly, as a marching song in Starship Troopers, and still one of the finest examples anywhere of what it really means to be a soldier in service to Queen and country: To the legion of the lost ones,...
by Didact | Jun 6, 2016 | Kipling, Uncategorized
I referenced this poem in my Memorial Day post, but I only picked out like two great stanzas from one of Kipling’s best ever poems. Unlike a lot of triumphalist poems or songs, this one doesn’t present imperial Britain as a hegemony built on rainbows and...
by Didact | Dec 30, 2015 | Kipling, Uncategorized
I have never understood the long-standing allegation that this poem is about racism and speaks favourably about imperialism. I come from one of the former British colonies; my parents are both far bigger anti-imperialists than I am (especially my dad- he once very...
by Didact | Nov 29, 2015 | Kipling, Uncategorized
Given the title of the poem, here’s one “if” that I hope to see come to pass in my time: If I ever have a son, I’m going to buy him the complete works of Kipling, for him to go through as he grows into manhood. He will get a better education...
by Didact | Sep 21, 2015 | Christianity, Kipling, Uncategorized
There’s no sense in going further — it’s the edge of cultivation,” So they said, and I believed it — broke my land and sowed my crop — Built my barns and strung my fences in the little border station Tucked away below the foothills...
by Didact | Sep 18, 2015 | Christianity, Kipling, Uncategorized
Hey, I said I was a big Kipling fan: The Sons of Mary seldom bother, for they have inherited that good part; But the Sons of Martha favour their Mother of the careful soul and the troubled heart. And because she lost her temper once, and because she was rude to the...
by Didact | Aug 28, 2015 | Kipling, Uncategorized
A man with a moustache like that is not to be trifled with I was introduced to this magnificent poem by (who else?) Bill Whittle, whose video on the subject is appended below, and which will probably give you the chills just like it did to me. But first, here is a...
by Didact | Feb 14, 2015 | Kipling, Uncategorized
I just finished reading John Ringo’s outstanding first novel in the Legacy of the Aldenata series, A Hymn Before Battle. Aside from being a terrific writer and a clearly highly literate man, Mr. Ringo is a HUGE Kipling fan. As I’ve stated before, I...
by Didact | Jan 1, 2015 | Kipling, Uncategorized
I can’t think of a single red-pill type who isn’t a fan of at least some of Kipling’s work. I know that he has a huge following among those who have served in the military- there is something about Kipling’s writing style that seems to...
by Didact | Jan 15, 2014 | Kipling, Uncategorized
I must have first read The Jungle Book when I was maybe five or six. I’ve loved it ever since. This is one of my personal favourite parts of the Second Jungle Book- the exposition of the Law of the Jungle. Reading it is a very good reminder as to precisely what...
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