Editor’s note: The following is a response by MOTW author Kurgan to a Millennial friend who pointed out that Generation X – which is notably quick to criticize the decadence of Boomers
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Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Historical and Political Essays, by William Edward Hartpole Lecky (published 1908). I do not propose in this paper to enter into any general inquiry about
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Go where you will over the Lowlands of Scotland or England, or in western Europe over the countries south of the Danube, you will seldom find a district that cannot boast of
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Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Discipline and Other Sermons, by Charles Kingsley (published 1881). i Peter ii. 19. This is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief,
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There are two great classes among writers: those who are echoes and those who are voices.
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Before noting further contributions of the Greeks and Romans, we shall stop to call attention to their tactical units, the phalanx and the legion. The phalanx consisted of rows of hoplites, heavy-armed
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The modern idea that the general is first and foremost the intellectual leader of the army is so well established that it is hard to realize that it is an evolution from
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"He was at once a ferocious scoundrel, a clear-headed general, an adventurous politician, a careful administrator, a man of letters and of refined taste. "
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I wish I might become like one of these
Who, in the night on horses wild astride,
With torches flaming out like loosened hair
On to the chase through the great swift wind ride.
Said England unto Pharaoh, ‘I must make a man of you,
That will stand upon his feet and play the game;
That will Maxim his oppressor as a Christian ought to do,’
Editor’s note: The following brief discussion appeared in a private forum. It was prompted by the two articles linked below. China’s population may start to shrink this year, new birth data suggest
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