Though Much Is Taken, Much Abides

[fiddlersgreen]

Just a bit of Tennyson's Ulysses I ran across while reading Ilium by Dan Simmons. I've probably read it before, actually; I know bits and pieces of it are familiar. But I really like this last bit

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[keelie]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/08/31/paintings.recovered.reut/index.html

I recall this as one of Churchill's favorites

[avarii73]

This passage you quote was one of Churchill's favorites and exemplified the commitment of the "Greatest Generation" to the task allotted them during the time of the Second World War. Classic quote...btw.

Your friend in Lancaster,