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Page 158 of 1591929 · PDF PAGE 71
…or football by hiring professionals to play for him. His achievements are checked by his averages. But hardly any one in England at that time knew anything about mountaineering. Various old fogies, who could not have climbed the simplest rocks in Cumberland, or led across an easy Alpine pass, had been personally conducted by peasants {135} up a few mountains and written themselves up into fame. The appearance of the guideless climber was therefore a direct challenge. They tried every dirty trick to prevent the facts from leaking out. They refus…
1929 · PDF PAGE 355
… the honour and glory of Dorothy, will stand in English literature as one of the most passionate poems in the language. It was certainly time that I went for a walk in the country. Paris is not a stimulant to a poet of my calibre; I need to be face to face with God and see Him, and live. For when it is said that no man shall look upon His face and live, the emphasis must be on the word "man". It is the privilege of the poet that his life is fed by direct communication with nature, as a child in the womb of its mother. The man who is separate fr…
1929 · PDF PAGE 527
…o him. I hastily recorded the dialogue to that point. My next question inquired his name. He replied "Amalantrah". I added this up. This time the result was conclusive. Its value is 729. Already he had shown me that I, in my office as Baphomet, was the rock
1906 · PDF PAGE 199
…om this there can hardly be much doubt, when critical exegesis has done its damnedest on the Logia of our’ Lord, that Buddha did at some time commit himself to some statement. ‘*(Something called) Con- sciousness exists” is, said Huxley, the irre- ducible minimum of the pseudo-syllogism, false even for an enthymeme, ‘Cogito, ergo sum!” This proposition he bolsters up by Stating that whoso should pretend to doubt it, would thereby but confirm it. Yet might it not be said ‘‘ (Something called) Consciousness appears to itself to exist,” since Cons…
1906 · PDF PAGE 276
270 TIME not easily grasp Western ideas. What is a “year”? Scept. Hm! Well, ah, the earth moves round importance of believing the truth? But Mr. Crowley has got something into his soul stronger even than the beautiful passion of the man who believes in Buddhism; he has the passion of the man who does not believe in Christianity. He adds one more testimony to the endless series of testimonies to the fas- cination and vitality of the faith. For some mysterious reason no man can contrive to be agnostic about Christianity. He always tries to prove …
1904 · PDF PAGE 58
…rom this there can hardly be much doubt, when critical exegesis has done its damnedest on the Logia of our Lord, that Buddha did at some time commit himself to some statement. “(Something called) C on- sciousness exists” is, said H uxley, the irreducible minimum of the pseudo-syllogism, false even for an enthymeme, “Cogito, ergo sum !” This proposition he bolsters up by stating that whoso should pretend to doubt it, would thereby but confirm it. Yet might it not be said “(Something called) Consciousness appears to itself to exist,” since Consci…
1929 · PDF PAGE 68
…ered was a trifling cut on one leg! Nightfall was at hand; and though the hut was not very far off in actual distance, we had a terrible time getting there, having to wade through soft snow up to our waits. The hut was bewirtshaftet; but the guardian had not come up in consequence of the weather, so we had to force our way in and break into the provision room in order to get fuel and the like. Our adventures were not yet over. My clothes were (naturally) dripping, I threw my coat on the table, above which hung my Alpine lamp. This type of lamp …
1929 · PDF PAGE 60
60 At that time I was bent on learning the outside forward loop, which involves raising the unemployed leg very high until you discover the knack. Absorbed in this labour I failed to observe the Duke of Orleans, a glaring girl on either arm. He swerved, swanking, out of the ruck and collided with me. We both sat down very hard, but I on the point of his skate to the detriment of my much prized perineum. Being then a perfect young fool, as I am now a perfect old one, I supposed it incumbent on my race and caste to pretend not to be hurt, so I fo…
1904 · PDF PAGE 67
THE SWORD OF SONG 60 and ignorant Hindus whose letters occasionally delight the readers of the Sporting Times, such letters being usually written by public scribes for a few pice in the native bazaar. As to “Babus” (Babu, I may mention, is the equivalent to our “Mister,” and not the name of a savage tribe), Mr. Chesterton, from his Brixton Brahmaloka, may look forth and see that the “Babu” cannot understand Western ideas; but a distinguished civil servant in the Madras Presidency, second wrangler in a very good year, assured me that he had met …
1906 · PDF PAGE 213
… matter, must one day be suddenly widened by the forging of a new weapon. Huxley and Tyndall have prophesied this before 1 was born; sometimes in vague lan- guage, once or twice clearly enough; to me it is a source of the utmost concern that their successors should not always see eye to eye with them in this respect. Professor Ray Lankester, in crushing the unhappy theists of the recent Zzmes contro- versy, does not hesitate to say that Science caz never throw any light on certain mysteries. Even the theist is justified in retorting that Scienc…
1904 · PDF PAGE 54
…spite of mine own nature. 1 Quickly send, Be brief in it, to the castle ; for my w rit Is on the life Lear and on Cordelia. Nay, send in time.” (ll. 245-249). And in that last supreme hour of agony he claims Regan as his wife, as if by accident ; it is not the passionate assertion of a thing doubt- ful, but the natural reference to a thing well known and indisputable. And in the moment of his despair; confronted with the dead bodies of the splendid sisters, the catafalque of all his hopes, he can exclaim in spiritual triumph over material disas…
1906 · PDF PAGE 200
…pts to ordinary people. And if personality be delusion, a lie is involved in the command of one to another. In short, we all lie all the time; we are compelled to it by the nature of things themselves — para- doxical as that seems—and the Buddha knew it | THE FIFTH PRECEPT. At last we arrive at the end of our weary journey—surely in this weather we may have a drink! East of Suez,+ Trombone-Macaulay (as I may surely say, when Browning writes Banjo-Byron {) tells us, a man may raise a Thirst. No, shrieks the Blessed One, the Perfected One, the En…
1904 · PDF PAGE 72
…matter, must one day be suddenly widened by the forging of a new weapon. Huxley and Tyndall have prophesied this before I w as born; sometimes in vague language, once or twice clearly enough; to me it is a source of the utmost concern that their successors should not always see eye to eye with them in this respect. Professor Ray Lankester, in crushing the unhappy theists of the recent Times contro- versy, does not hesitate to say that Science can never throw any light on certain mysteries. Even the theist is j ustified in retorting that Science…
1906 · PDF PAGE 194
… thou shouldst not be glad, I would divorce me from thy mother’s tomb, Sepulchring an adult’ress. (To Kent). O! are you free? Some other time for that. Beloved Regan, Thy sister’s naught; O Regan! she hath tied Sharp-tooth’d unkindness, like a vulture, here: (Pozzts to his heart). I can scarce speak to thee ; thou'lt not believe with how deprav’da quality—O Regan !’ Reg. ‘I pray you, sir, take patience. I have hope’”) (ll. 130-139), an excusable speech, at the first hint that he is not to have it all his own way, falls a-cursing again like the …
1906 · PDF PAGE 214
…s I see, and this will I hope be patent to those ardent and spiritually- minded agnostics of whom Huxley and Tyndall are for all history-time the prototypes. Know or doubt! is the alternative of highwayman Huxley; ‘' Believe’”’ is not to be admitted; this is fundamental; in this agnosticism can never change; this must ever command our moral as our intellectual assent. But I assert my strong conviction that ere long we shall have done enough of what is after all the schoolmaster work of correcting the inky and ill-spelt exercises of the theologi…
1904 · PDF PAGE 53
…ou shouldst not be glad, I would divorce me from thy mother’s tomb, Sepulchring an adult’ress. (To Kent). O ! are your free ? Some other time for that. B eloved R egan, Thy sister’s naught : O Regan ! she hath tied Sharp-tooth’d unkindness, like a vulture, here : (Points to his heart). I can scarce speak to thee ; thou’lt not believe with how deprav’d a quality—O Regan !’ Reg. ‘I pray you sir, take patience. I have hope.’ ”) (ll. 130-139), an excusable speech, at the first hint that he is not to have it all his own way, falls a-cursing again li…
1904 · PDF PAGE 59
…pts to ordinary people. And if personality be delusion, a lie is involved in the command of one to another. In short, we all lie all the time; w e are compelled to it by the nature of things themselves—para- doxical as that seems—and the Buddha knew it! THE FIFTH PRECEPT. At last we arrive at the end of our weary journey—surely in this weather we may have a drink! East of Suez,† Trombone-Macaulay (as I may surely say, when Browning writes Banjo-Byron‡) tells us, a man may raise a Thirst. No, shrieks the Blessed One, the Perfected One, the Enlig…
1906 · PDF PAGE 202
196 THE SWORD OF SONG OO night, often working forty hours at a time, work which he destined to entrance the world. All England should ring with his praises; by- and-by the whole world should know his name. Of these works none of the longer and more ambitious remains, How they were lost, and how those fragments we possess were saved, is best told vy relating the romantic and almost incredible story of his life. The known facts of this life are few, vague, and unsatisfactory; the more definite state- ments lack corroboration, and almost the only …
1904 · PDF PAGE 73
… I see, and this w ill I hope be patent to those ardent and spiritually- minded agnostics of whom Huxley and Tyndall are for all history-time the prototypes. Know or doubt! is the alternative of the highwayman Huxley ; “Believe” is not to be admitted ; this is fundamental; in this agnosticism can never change ; this must ever command our moral as well as our intellectual assent. But I assert my strong conviction that ere long we shall have done enough of what is after all the schoolmaster w ork of correcting the inky and ill-spelt exercises of …
1904 · PDF PAGE 61
THE SWORD OF SONG 54 night, often working forty hours at a time, work which he destined to entrace the world. All England should ring with his praises; by- and-by the whole world should know his name. Of these works none of the longer and more ambitious remains. How they w ere lost, and how those fragments we possess were saved, is best told by relating the romantic and almost incredible story of his life. The known facts of this life are few, vague, and unsatisfactory ; the more definite state- ments lack corroboration, and almost the only sou…