The Far Horizon

The Far Horizon

"The good man is the bad man's teacher; the bad man is the material upon which the good man works. If the one does not value his teacher, if the other does not love his material, then despite their sagacity they must go far astray. This is a mystery of great import."FROM THE SAYINGS OF LAO-TZU. ..."Cherchons voir les choses comme elles sont, et ne voulons pas avoir plus d'esprit que le bon Dieu! Autrefois on croyait que la canne sucre seule donnait le sucre, on en tire peu prs de tout maintenant. Il est de mme de la posie. Extrayons-la de n'importe quoi, car elle git en tout et partout. Pas un atome de matire qui ne contienne pas la posie. Et habituons-nous considerer le monde comme un oeuvre d'art, dont il faut reproduire les procdes dans nos oeuvres."GUSTAVE FLAUBERT. Dominic Iglesias stood watching while the lingering June twilight darkened into night. He was tired in body, but his mind was eminently, consciously awake, to the point of restlessness, and this was unusual with him. He had raised the lower sash of each of the three tall, narrow windows to its extreme height, since the first-floor sitting-room, though of fair proportions, appeared close. His thought refused the limits of it, and ranged outward over the expanse of Trimmer's Green, the roadway and houses bordering it, to the far northwest, that region of hurried storm, of fierce, equinoctial passion and conflict, now paved with plaques of flat, dingy, violet cloud opening on smoky rose-red wastes of London sunset. All day thunder had threatened, but had not broken. And, even yet, the face of heaven seemed less peaceful than remonstrant, a sullenness holding it as of troops in retreat denied satisfaction of imminent battle. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 8569
Author: Malet, Lucas
Release Date: Jul 1, 2005
Format: eBook
Language: English