Theos-Talk Archives (December 2006 Message tt00358)

Quote for Sunday, Dec. 10


"Speed - More Speed!"
            

The buildings rear immense, horizons fade
And thought forgets old gages in the ecstasy of view. 
The standards go by which the steps were made.
On which we trod from former levels to the new. 
No time for backward glance, no pause for breath, 
Since impulse like a bowstring loosed us in full flight 
And in delirium of speed none aim considereth 
Nor in the blaze of burning codes can think of night. 
The whirring of sped wheels and horn remind 
That speed, more speed is best and peace is waste! 
They rank unfortunate who tag behind 
And only they seem wise who urge, and haste and haste. 
New comforts multiply (for there is need!) 
Each ballot adds assent to law that crowds the days. 
None pause.  None clamor but for speed - more speed! 
And yet - there was a sweetness in the olden ways.

     - Talbot Mundy (Guns of the Gods, 1921)

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