Christmas Hard Times
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| Operate System | Win95,Win98,WinME,WinNT 4.x,Windows2000,WinXP,Windows Vista |
| File size | 539 KB |
| Update time | Sep 30, 2006 |
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| Price | $5.00 |
Christmas Hard Times - I have heard that in some debating clubs there is a rule that the members may discuss anything except religion and politics. I cannot imagine what they do discuss; but it is quite evident that they have ruled out the only two subjects which are either important or amusing. The thing is a part of a certain modern tendency to avoid things because they lead to warmth; whereas, obviously, we ought, even in a social sense, to seek those things specially. The warmth of the discussion is as much a part of hospitality as the warmth of the fire. And it is singularly suggestive that in English literature the two things have died together. The very people who would blame Dickens for his sentimental hospitality are the very people who would also blame him for his narrow political conviction. The very people who would mock him for his narrow radicalism are those who would mock him for his broad fireside. Real conviction and real charity are much nearer than people suppose. Dickens was capable of loving all men; but he refused to love all opinions. The modern humanitarian can love all opinions, but he cannot love all men; he seems, sometimes, in the ecstasy of his humanitarianism, even to hate them all. He can love all opinions, including the opinion that men are unlovable.
- I have heard that in some debating clubs there is a rule that the members may discuss anything except religion and politics.
- I cannot imagine what they do discuss; but it is quite evident that they have ruled out the only two subjects which are either important or amusing.
- The thing is a part of a certain modern tendency to avoid things because they lead to warmth; whereas, obviously, we ought, even in a social sense, to seek those things specially.
- The warmth of the discussion is as much a part of hospitality as the warmth of the fire.
- And it is singularly suggestive that in English literature the two things have died together.
- The very people who would blame Dickens for his sentimental hospitality are the very people who would also blame him for his narrow political conviction.
- The very people who would mock him for his narrow radicalism are those who would mock him for his broad fireside. Real conviction and real charity are much nearer than people suppose.
- Dickens was capable of loving all men; but he refused to love all opinions.
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