"This and That and the Other" by Hilaire Belloc. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Оглавление
Hilaire Belloc. This and That and the Other
This and That and the Other
Table of Contents
I AN OPEN LETTER TO A YOUNG DIPLOMATIST
II ON PEDANTS
III ON ATHEISM
IV ON FAME
V ON REST
VI ON DISCOVERY
VII ON INNS
VIII ON ROWS
IX THE PLEASANT PLACE
X ON OMENS
XI THE BOOK
XII THE SERVANTS OF THE RICH
XIII THE JOKE
XIV THE SPY
XV THE YOUNG PEOPLE
XVI ETHANDUNE
XVII THE DEATH OF ROBERT THE STRONG
XVIII THE CROOKED STREETS
XIX THE PLACE APART
XX THE EBRO PLAIN
XXI THE LITTLE RIVER
XXII SOME LETTERS OF SHAKESPEARE'S TIME
XXIII ON ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE GREAT
XXIV ON LYING
XXV THE DUPE
XXVI THE LOVE OF ENGLAND
XXVII THE STORM
XXVIII THE VALLEY
XXIX A CONVERSATION IN ANDORRA
XXX PARIS AND THE EAST
XXXI THE HUMAN CHARLATAN
XXXII THE BARBARIANS
XXXIII ON KNOWING THE PAST
XXXIV THE HIGHER CRITICISM
XXXV THE FANATIC
XXXVI A LEADING ARTICLE
XXXVII THE OBITUARY NOTICE
XXXVIII THE "MERRY ROME" COLUMN
XXXIX OPEN LETTER TO A YOUNG PARASITE
XL ON DROPPING ANCHOR
Отрывок из книги
Hilaire Belloc
Published by Good Press, 2021
.....
Fame is not to be despised or trodden under as a thing not to be sought, for no man is free of the desire of it, nor can any man believe that desire to be an imperfection in him unless he desire at the same time something greater than Fame, and even then there is a flavour of Fame certain to attach to his achievement in the greater thing. No one can say of Fame, "I contemn it"; as a man can say of titles, "I contemn them." Nor can any man say of the love of Fame, "This is a thing I should cast from me as evil," as a man may say of lust when it is inordinate, that is, out of place. Nor can any man say of Fame, "It is a little thing," for if he says that he is less or more than a man.
The love of Fame is the mobile of all great work in which also man is in the image of God, who not only created but took pleasure in what he did and, as we know, is satisfied by praise thereof.
