tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5096884235079668296.post5667624307202566944..comments2023-10-08T11:12:33.841+03:00Comments on Excursions in words and occasional photographs...: Posted beause it touched a nerve....John Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06269579852499589966noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5096884235079668296.post-73728354929109749562010-08-22T10:05:42.726+02:002010-08-22T10:05:42.726+02:00That is interesting, Andrew, I too devoured Steinb...That is interesting, Andrew, I too devoured Steinbeck during my teenage years. Perhaps East of Eden is due for a fifty-years-on re-read.John Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06269579852499589966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5096884235079668296.post-54755944150357658052010-08-21T21:41:24.376+02:002010-08-21T21:41:24.376+02:00John Steinbeck... "thou mayest" (if I re...John Steinbeck... "thou mayest" (if I remember correctly). East of Eden, a big and complex and rather wonderful book (if I remember correctly from my reading of it aged about 19).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5096884235079668296.post-10951138827260237002010-08-20T23:12:07.996+02:002010-08-20T23:12:07.996+02:00That's quite surprising a reply, John, as I di...That's quite surprising a reply, John, as I did not at all think of (the substantives/nouns) <i>will</i> and <i>might</i>, but of indicative and subjunctive.<br />Language is fascinating, hm?Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5096884235079668296.post-45809351533142683162010-08-20T11:49:46.134+02:002010-08-20T11:49:46.134+02:00Will is so much stronger than might. Might invoke...Will is so much stronger than might. Might invokes contention, contention war which, ultimately, only will can overcome. qv your post and comments concerning the Berlin Wall!John Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06269579852499589966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5096884235079668296.post-48935404226682836642010-08-19T18:36:32.138+02:002010-08-19T18:36:32.138+02:00Like it. Not sure about the first part, though. Pr...Like it. Not sure about the first part, though. Probably, as I'd prefer a (you) <i>might</i> (be dissappointed) instead of 'you will ...'.<br />The last lines remind a bit of 'Carpe diem (et noctem), and of Hermann Hesse's <a href="http://tetrapilotomie.blogspot.com/2008/01/not-only-for-steppenwolf.html" rel="nofollow">Steps</a>.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.com